Harvest
2007

Country
Portugal

Terroir
Quinta de Porto Franco single Estate

Region
Lisboa

• Shiraz

Winemaker
José Neiva Correia

Tasting Notes:
Deep granada colour with intense aromas and flavours. The palate is very full bodied with an intriguing and delicious character of plums, blackberries and chocolate. The ageing in oak gives a perfect balance. The finish is smooth, elegant and extremely persistent.

How to serve:
Excellent by itself or with any full flavoured dish such as game or red meat.

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 3 months. Ageing in bottle a minimum 3 months after bottling

Color
Red

Gross wheight
8,3kgs (6x75cl)

Pallet configuration
135 cases (6x75cl) - 15 cases/level x 9 levels/ 1151 kg

Euro pallet configuration
96 cases (6x75cl) - 12 cases/level x 8 levels / 827 kg

Case dimensions
330x235x155

Bar code
Bottle (EAN13) = 560 031219029 8 // Carton (ITF14) = 1 560 031219029 5

Harvest
2007

ABV at 20ºC%
13.0

Volume at 20ºC g/cm3
0.9932

Total dry matter g/dm3
31.8

Volatile acidity (in acetic acid) g/l
0.60

Total acidity g/l
5.10

Fixed acidity g/l
4.50

pH
3.89

SO2 (free) & (total) mg/l
42/90