Textura Pretexto Dao TintoThere are second acts in life that feel incremental, and then there are those that require a clean break, a leap across continents, careers and certainties. Marcelo Araujos journey to the Do belongs to the latter. After moving his family from Brazil to Portugal, he left a successful career in investment management to begin again, drawn not by spreadsheets but by granite soils, mountain light and the steady appeal of Portugals interior. When Textura

Subtle savory tones of dried herbs and stone dust carry through the mid-palate

Sidonie asked the waiter for a second

on the rocks

followed by breaded and quickly sauteed pork loin with chopped Ascolane olives

the grape that put Argentina on the world’s wine map

It's super easy drinking with its mixture of fruit and spices

Catholic Spanish / Mexican missionaries understood the potential for the land

who is a dynamic and passionate champion for her family business

Aromas of ripe green and golden apple

All of this is to say that they’ve got a lot of excellent fruit around

The result is Cabernet that prizes texture

but clearly more authoritative and built for patience