Cartuxa Reserve Red 2015

This wine associates its quality with the name of the Carthusian monks who, between 1598 and 2019, led a solitary life of prayer in the Monastery of Santa Maria Scala Coeli.
It is based on the most common grape varieties in the Alentejo: Trincadeira, Aragonez, Alfrocheiro, Periquita, Moreto and Tinta Caiada. Aged in oak wood, it is a wine with good structure, elegant and that combines the aromas of the grape varieties used with a persistent and complex flavor.

This wine associates its quality with the name of the Carthusian monks who, since 1598, practiced a solitary life of prayer in the Convent of Santa Maria Scala Coeli, in Évora. It was first produced in 1986.

DOC Alentejo-Évora


winemaking

Produced from the grape varieties, Aragonez, Trincadeira, Alicante Bouschet and Castelão, planted in the vineyards of the Eugénio de Almeida Foundation. When the grapes reach the ideal maturation state, they are harvested and transported to the cellar, where the technological process begins. With total destemming and light crushing. The grapes are then fermented separately, in stainless steel vats, at a temperature of 27°C, followed by prolonged post-fermentative maceration. It aged for 12 months in French oak barrels and barrels and 12 months in bottle.