Tasting Notes
With a light ruby colour, this wine has aromas of red and black fruits, such as cherry and redcurrants, with a note of hazelnuts, spices and smoke. It is spicy, well balanced and fresh on the palate. It has a long finish and vibrant tanins.
Vinification
Manual harvest into 18kg boxes, fully destemmed followed by a three-day cold maceration. Alcoholic fermentation in stainless stell open top tanks (lagares) with controled temperatures for 8 days. After it was kept in second and third-year French oak barrels for 16 months.
Endnotes
Producer: Kranemann Wine Estates
Designation: DOC Douro
Region: Cima-Corgo, Douro
Oenology: Diogo Lopes and Maria Susete Melo
Average Age of Vines: 30 years
Grape Varieties: 34% Old Vines, 31% Tinta Barroca, 21% Touriga Nacional, 14% Tinta Roriz
Climate and soils: Mediterranean. Mixture of shale and granite
Service Temperature: 16 – 18 ºC
pH: 3.61
Acidity: 5.1 g/L
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