Format : 750 mL
Degree of Alcohol : 14.4%
Bottles/Crate : 12
Tasting :
The color is an intense ruby. Ripe red fruit aromas combined with floral and woody notes. Complex and structured red fruit flavors and well-balanced acidity offer a long and elegant finish.
Wine Pairing :
Traditional Portuguese codfish and meat.
Winemaking :
Variety: Touriga Francesa│ Tinta Barroca│ Tinta Roriz│ Touriga nacional
Soil type: Greywacke Shale Complex
Age of the vines: 90 years
Yield of the vines: 4 ton/ha
Irrigation: None
Harvesting : Manual
Fermentation : Open stone fermenters on the skins for 5 to 7 days.
Maturation : Aged in French oak barrels 80% used, 20% new oak for 12 months - Aged without lees -Malolactic fermentation - Aged in bottle for 2 years before release.
Type of yeast : Selected yeast S. cerevisae
Type of fining : Lightly filtered
Cellar: 10+ years
Decanting: Recommended. At least 2 hours
Serving temperature: 14 - 16ºC
See the Press Review
Vintage 2015
Wine Enthusiast: 91 pts.
Wine Advocate R.Parker 2019: 91 pts.
Vintage 2013
Falstaff : 93 pts.
Wine advocate R.Parker : 91 pts.