Harvest
2008

Country
Portugal

Region
Península de Setúbal

• Castelão

Winemaker
Jose Neiva Correia

Tasting Notes:
With an excellent intense ruby colour, this wine is full of character and flavour. The palate shows delicious ripe but mature fruit with distinctive forest fruit aromas and hint of oak-spice cassis. It has a smooth, full body with a good firm structure and very persistent, dry soft finish.

How to serve:
Excellent with or without, food, particularly recommended with meat, pasta, cheese and any full flavoured dishes.

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.

Color
Red

Gross wheight
16,4 kgs (12x75cl)

Pallet configuration
68 Cases (12x75cl) - 17 cases/level x 4 levels

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

Case dimensions
310x235x340

Bar code
Bottle (EAN13) = 50 14313 701 115 // Case (ITF14) = 050 14313 701 276

Harvest
2008

ABV at 20ºC%
13.0

Volume at 20ºC g/cm3
0.9947

Total dry matter g/dm3
34.1

Volatile acidity (in acetic acid) g/l
0.66

Total acidity g/l
5.10

Fixed acidity g/l
4.28

pH
3.70

SO2 (free) & (total) mg/l
42/102