Production
Bunches were picked on a sorting carpet, cold maceration for 5 days, in mills with 3 tons in order to increase the contact surface between solids and liquid. 12-day long fermentation. Direct passage to barrels at the end of the alcoholic fermentation with malolactic fermentation carried out in these. Stage of 24 months in new French Carvalho barrels, followed by stage in bottle for one year.
Ravasqueira Premium Red 2014 (3 bottles case)
Vivino ratings
Tasting notes
Dark red colour, dense and opaque. Complex and intense nose with barrel end. Peas, cedar, light iodine, black olives, cocoa and intense mixture of black and red fruit and dried figs. Spicy, with black pepper, thyme and mineral extension. In the tasting has cut tannins, thin and growing with concentration in the medium of taste, balsamic freshness, meat, plums, blueberries and blueberries, full strength and mineral finish. It can and should be decanted. To drink between 2017 and 2037.
Info
GRAPE VARIETY
Syrah, Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Aragonês & Alicante Bouschet.
VINTAGE
2014
COUNTRY
Portugal
REGION
Alentejo
ABV
14%
TOTAL ACIDITY
5.7 g/l%
RESIDUAL SUGAR
0.5 g/l%
PRODUCTION METHODS
Vegetarian, Vegan