Harvest
2006

Country
Portugal

Terroir
Quintas da RAC Herds. single estates

Region
Lisboa

• Touriga Nacional
• Tinta Roriz
• Castelão
• Alicante Bouschet
• Caladoc

Winemaker
José Neiva Correia

Tasting Notes:
This deep, ruby red, medium-bodied wine has berry fruit flavours and a beautiful balance.

How to serve:
Excellent with food or by itself. Will accompany, for example, roasts, barbecue, pasta, vegetarian and cheese dishes.

Vinification Method:
Classic fermentation method with destemming and pre fermentative skin contact followed of the application of 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 1 month. The wine is aged in bottle a minimum of 1 month after bottling.

Color
Red

Gross wheight
8,3 kg (6x75cl) or 16,4 kg (12x75cl)

Pallet configuration
135 cases (6x75cl) or 68 cases (12x75cl) 15 cases/level x 9 levels or 17 cases/level x 4 levels

Euro pallet configuration
96 cases (6x75cl) or 48 cases (12x75cl) 12 cases/level x 8 levels or 12 cases/level x 4 levels

Case dimensions
330x235x155 or 310x235x340

Bar code
Bottle (EAN13) = 560 031 219 048 9 // Case (ITF14) 12x75cl = 2 560 031 219 048 3 // Case (ITF14) 6x75cl = 1 560 031 219 048 6

Harvest
2006

ABV at 20ºC%
12.5

Volume at 20ºC g/cm3
0.9963

Total dry matter g/dm3
36.2

Volatile acidity (in acetic acid) g/l
0.49

Total acidity g/l
5.85

Fixed acidity g/l
5.36

pH
3.61

SO2 (free) & (total) mg/l
32/102