The terroir in the Douro is still largely unexplored and by making wines with,harmony and equilibrium from our vineyards, we try to enable the grapes to express themselves in the bottle. The La Rosa style is to make well defined wines without too much extraction, tannin or oak. Wines that are rich and full bodied whilst being fresh and lively with a good acidity and minerality. The wine was fermented in small stainless steel vats and then matured in Allier French oak casks, mainly Francois Freres, Taransaud and Seguin Moreau.