Three reds from Quinta Nova to celebrate Christmas
20/12/2025For the festive season, Quinta Nova de Nossa Senhora do Carmo suggests three red wines that combine personality, Douro tradition, and table elegance, ideal for pairing with Christmas cuisine.The Quinta Nova Reserva Terroir 2023 is born from the balance between the Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, and Tinto Cão grape varieties. With a dense color, it presents a firm structure, juicy texture, and a long finish, benefiting from aging in French oak barrels and concrete, which give it vibrant freshness.
The Grainha Tinto Reserva 2023 reflects the classicism of the Douro, with fruity and spicy aromas, fine tannins, and a silky texture. The wine, aged for 11 months in French oak barrels, reveals a balance and structure that make it perfect for traditional Christmas dishes.
The Quinta Nova Vinha Centenária Ref. P28/P21 2021 combines Parcel 28—the estate’s first Tinta Roriz single-varietal—with the centenarian Parcel 21, which preserves around 80 grape varieties on 19th-century terraces. Aged for 12 months in new French oak barrels and in the bottle, this lot shows minerality, spicy notes, and blue-fruit flavors, with the volume and density characteristic of the great wines of the Douro.
These three reds stand out for their ability to harmonize with the typical flavors of the season and for their authentic expression of the Douro terroir, bringing elegance and tradition to the Christmas table.