Notes of red berries, violets and lime give way flavors of ripe strawberries and wild flowers with lively acidity and a persistent vein minerality.
Touriga Franca, Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roiz, Tina Barroca
Age of vines: 15 - 60 Years
Soil: Schist soils
Altitude: 300-500 m
Aspect/Landscaping: South
& south-eastern exposures
100% aged in stainless steel for 10 months before bottling.
Practicing Organic
ABV: 13%
PH: 3.20
Total Acidity: 6.2 (g/dm3)
Volatile Acidity: 0.2 (g/dm3)
Free SO2:26 (mg/dm3)
Total SO2: 85 (mg/dm3)
Residual Sugar : 1.42 (g/dm3)
Calories: 74 (Kcal/100 ml)
Following manual harvest, we de-stem clusters of the same traditional Douro grape varieties otherwise reserved for our mouth-watering Tinto and pass them through a prolonged series of gentle cycles in a pneumatic press.
Alcoholic and malolactic fermentation in stainless steel at controlled temperatures between 12-16C for a period of roughly 30 days, plus an additional 10 months in 100% stainless before bottling.
