H.O Achado tinto

HO ACHADO RED 2018 is the result of the combination of different plots of old HO vines complemented with the Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca and Sousão varieties. With different solar exposures (East, South and West) and a predominance of shale soils, the different plots are located at altitudes ranging from 250 to 400 m. The Vinha Velha plots feature around 25 mixed grape varieties and are approximately 110 years old, resulting in a wine rich in complexity. After manual harvesting, the grapes were transported in 18kg capacity boxes so as not to damage the integrity of the bunch. Once in the winery, the boxes were unloaded onto a sorting conveyor belt for the first sorting of the grapes. This was followed by destemming, berry-by-berry selection and crushing, which were transported by gravity to stainless steel fermentation tanks. After 48 hours of pre-fermentation maceration at low temperatures, alcoholic fermentation took place over 10 days where, depending on the variety and the plot, a pumping over and delestage protocol was carried out.
After malolactic fermentation, the different components aged in 400L oak barrels for 18 months. After bottling, the wine aged for a further 12 months in the bottle.

HO ACHADO TINTO 2018 is a ruby-colored wine with deep intensity. The aroma is very complex, with notes of wild berries, “sous-bois”, black fruit and balsamic freshness.
In the mouth, it presents very fine and polished tannins that provide structure and finesse at the same time.