Quinta do Sobral de Santar Touriga Nacional Red

Reviews and awards:
17 points Grandes Escolhas Wine.

Hand-harvested in 18kg boxes, with careful selection of the best grapes from the vineyard. The grapes were fully destemmed into small stainless steel tanks, where they macerated for 24 hours at low temperature before alcoholic fermentation began, using indigenous yeasts and controlled temperature. Alcoholic fermentation lasted 15 days, with mechanical treading for good extraction of color and aromas. After fermentation, it was transferred to new 225L French oak barrels, where it remained for 9 months until completing malolactic fermentation. Notes of berries, spices and floral notes typical of the grape variety. On the palate it is enveloping with good acidity and a very elegant mineral background.