Soils:
Calcareous clays
Varieties:
Touriga nacional, Syrah, Alicante boushet and Aragonês
Origin:
Vinho Regional Algarve
Winemaking:
Careful hand-picking in small boxes, fermented under temperature control and aged for 6 months in French oak barrels.
Alcohol:
14,5% v/v
Storage:
Preserve at 16ºc
Serve:
Serve between 16-18ºC
Gastronomy:
This wine is good companion with well flavoured, but not spicy dishes of lamb or game.
Tasting Notes:
Intense violet red colour. Black fruit and spice aroma framed by toasty oak notes. Pronounced ripe tannin ending in a long fruit dominated finish.
Notes:
In order to preserve all the characteristics of the wine , it was not filtrated which is liable to create deposit in the bottle.
It is advised to decant before serving.
Producer:
Joaquim Lopes - Paxá Wines,lda