Harvest
2006

Country
Portugal

Terroir
Quinta de Porto Franco Single Estate

Region
Lisboa

• Alicante Bouschet

Winemaker
José Neiva Correia

Tasting Notes:
Dark almost bright black colour, with an intense fruited aroma to matured blackberries. Powerful, deep full body, deep structured, but smooth and velvety, combining well the matured fruit and the oak the 3 months ageing. Tasty, elegant, with some complexity, long and intense.

How to serve:
A pleasure as aperitif, with tapas and snacks, or as accompany of red meat, risotto, paella, pasta, pizza, vegetarian, curry and other spicy food and dry 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 6 months. Ageing in bottle a minimum 6 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) = 560 031219 052 6 // Case (ITF14) = 1 560 031219 052 3

Harvest
2006

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