Harvest
2005

Country
Portugal

Terroir
Quinta de Porto Franco Single Estate

Region
Lisboa

• Cabernet Sauvignon

Winemaker
José Neiva Correia

Tasting Notes:
A wine of intense aromas and flavours. The palate is superbly balanced with youthful, rich fruit and fines tannins. Soft yet spicy cassis fruit has been seasoned with cedar notes from subtle oak ageing. The finish is long, tasty and extremely persistent.

How to serve:
Excellent by itself or with any full flavoured 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 5 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
330x225x155

Bar code
Bottle EAN13: 560 0312 190 120 Case ITF14 (6 x 75cl): 1 560 0312 19012 7

Harvest
2005

ABV at 20ºC%
13.0

Volume at 20ºC g/cm3
0.9945

Total dry matter g/dm3
34.1

Volatile acidity (in acetic acid) g/l
0.61

Total acidity g/l
5.02

Fixed acidity g/l
4.41

pH
3.71

SO2 (free) & (total) mg/l
29/125