The 2015 Tinto (Quinta da Pellada), the estate flagship, is a field blend (over 40 grapes) from old vines. It is principally, for identified grapes, mainly Alvarelhao, Tinta Pinheira, Touriga Nacional, Jaen and Tinta Amarela. Plus, since 1991, Castro uses some Jaen and Touriga Nacional. It was aged for 24 months in well-used French barriques (five to seven years old) and comes in at 13.3% alcohol. This was sourced from Pellada's Block 4 of Mata (forest) and Block 2 of Casa (house). Castro says Casa has a more compact soil with some clay besides the granite the intense presence of rose/white quartz and the one that has more sun hours per day. Mata has less clay and more granitic sand.