Harvest
2005

Country
Portugal

Region
Douro DOC

• Touriga Nacional
• Tinta Roriz
• Touriga Franca

Winemaker
Jose Neiva Correia

Tasting Notes:
Rich and full bodied but very smooth. Delicious intense fruit with a complex and elegant finish.

How to serve:
Superb on its own, it is also an excellent to any meat dishes, oily fish, spicy food, Mediterranean cuisine and cheese.

Vinification Method:
Classic fermentation method, involving selective extractive enzymes, which are compatible with the active dry yeasts. Fermentation up to 30º C in the first 2/3, and lowering down to 20º C during the last 1/3. During the whole fermentative process, pumping over 2 times per day, using each time half of the volume contained in the vat. After the alcoholic fermentation, the cap is plunged for 30 days, and during that period, extraction of the gentle tannins is conducted, along with the malolactic fermentation and the natural stabilization of the wine.

Ageing
Wine is aged in American, French of Allier and Portuguese oak barrels of 225 Lt, for 3 months. Ageing in bottle a minimum 3 months after bottling.

Color
Red

Gross wheight
8,3 kgs (6x75cl)

Pallet configuration
135 cases (6x75cl) - 15 cases/level x 9 levels

Euro pallet configuration
96 cases (6x75cl) - 12 cases/level x 8 levels

Case dimensions
330x235x155

Bar code
Bottle (EAN13) = 501 4313 700 903 // Case (ITF14) = 050 14313 700 958

Harvest
2005

ABV at 20ºC%
13.0

Volume at 20ºC g/cm3
0.9936

Total dry matter g/dm3
31.5

Volatile acidity (in acetic acid) g/l
0.59

Total acidity g/l
5.78

Fixed acidity g/l
5.19

pH
3.65

SO2 (free) & (total) mg/l
29/112