Choice o f the year red wine from Alentejo region. See specifications
Region:
Alentejo
Classification:
Choice of the year
Type:
Red
Capacity:
750 ml
Alcohol Content:
14,0%
Grape type:
Petite Syrah
Nuno Morais.
Alentejo is the largest wine region in Portugal and also the one with the greatestdiversity as it gathers eight different sub-regions: Portalegre, Borba, Redondo,Reguengos, Évora, Vidigueira, Moura and Granja-Amareleja. Its 22,000 hectaresof vineyards spread across plains, hills and mountains (the main ones are S.Mamede, Ossa and Mendro), and those vineyards lay on different types of soil:clay, limestone, marble, sand, schist, granite...The climate is continental Mediterranean, with greater thermal amplitudes in theinterior regions, closer to the border with Spain. The Alentejo vineyard reflects awide variety of grapes, with predominance of white grapes Antão Vaz, Roupeiroand Arinto and red grapes Aragonez, Trincadeira, Alicante Bouschet, TourigaNacional and Syrah.
In each harvest, in more than 200 hectares of vineyards that we have in thisregion, there are one or more grape varieties that stand out from all the others.It is a selection made by Nature, according to the climatic characteristics of eachyear, which we separeted and bottled for you.
The grapes of Petite Syrah were harvestedat dawn and transported carefully to thecellar, where they were partiallydestemmed. Subsequently, for 48 hours, apre-fermentative maceration at lowtemperatures was carried out in a lowoxygen level environment.Thefermentation cycle took place normally, ata controlled temperature in 20-ton vats.After the alcoholic fermentation wascompleted, a post-fermentative lowtemperature maceration was carried outfor around 96 hours.Malolacticfermentation took place naturally in oak,where the wine aged for a period of 8months, and afterward was bottled.
The aromatic profile shows an intensefloral aroma of rosemary and rockrose,well integrated with a perfume of blackplums and peppers. Structurally intenseand with a marked depth, it becomes avery persistent and pleasant wine.
Total acidity:
5,5 g/l
Harvest year:
2017
Climate:
Mediterranean
Ingredients:
With sulfites
Country/Region:
Portugal/Alentejo
PH:
3,5
Ideal temperature:
16º-18ºC
Alcohol content:
14,0%
Type:
Red
Harverst:
August and September
Winemaker:
Nuno Morais