Portugal / Alentejo
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2014 Ravasqueira Premium Red

Ravasqueira

Alentejo

Dark red colour, dense and opaque. Complex and intense nose with barrel end. Peas, cedar, light iodine, black olives, cocoa and intense mixture of black and red fruit and dried figs. Spicy, with black pepper, thyme and mineral extension. In the tasting has cut tannins, thin and growing with concentration in the medium of taste, balsamic freshness, meat, plums, blueberries and blueberries, full strength and mineral finish. It can and should be decanted. To drink between 2017 and 2037.


Viticulture

The precision viticulture of 2014 resulted in the zoning of several areas of each of the varieties and particular plants. The plants, with higher concentration, with smaller berries, with higher acidity and stage potential were manually harvested for boxes and remained at 2ºC for 2 days. Sandy loam with rocky influence of granite and xist.


Vinification

Bunches were picked on a sorting carpet, cold maceration for 5 days, in mills with 3 tons in order to increase the contact surface between solids and liquid. 12-day long fermentation. Direct passage to barrels at the end of the alcoholic fermentation with malolactic fermentation carried out in these. Stage of 24 months in new French Carvalho barrels, followed by stage in bottle for one year.