Herdade Do Esporao Private Selection Red 2019 (Case 3 x 75cl)
Case price equivalent to £56 per bottle
Herdade Do Esporao Private Selection Red 2019
Region: Alentejo, Portugal
Vintage: 2019
Bottle size: 3 x 75cl
Grape: Alicante Bouschet, Touriga Nacional, Aragonez, Touriga Franca
ABV: 14.5%
Complex aromas of mature black fruit with hints of fresh cocoa and pepper. On the palate it unravells a silky texture but equally compact, firm tannic structure that ensures persistence and intensity.
Canto de Zé Cruz vineyard (Aragonez) – Sandy loam soil over bedrock stones (granite) and clay. Rochedo vineyard (Touriga Franca) – Sandy clay loam texture, granite soils that transition to schist. Palmeiras vineyard (Alicante Bouschet) – Deep clay soils with good drainage. Machuguinho vineyard (Alicante Bouchet) – Vineyard is located at an altitude of 400m, with granite soils and sandy texture.
Each parcel was vinified and aged separately, according to each grape variety’s potential and profile and only then blended together: Aragonez initiated the fermentation in marble lagares with foot treading and finished in concrete vats. Aged in 5000 liters French oak barrels. Touriga Nacional was fermented in marble lagares with foot treading. Aged in 500 liters French oak barrels, where the malolactic fermentation occurred. Both parcels of Alicante Bouschet initiated fermentation separately in concrete vats. Then the malolactic fermentation occurred in 500 liters French oak barrels, followed by 18 months ageing. Following blending the wine is aged for 18 months in French oak barrels (500 and 5000 liters), followed by two years in bottle.
Part of the Alentejo’s montado ecosystem (cork oak forests), in Portugal, Herdade do Esporão has extraordinary conditions for agriculture – large thermal amplitudes, poor and various soils and extraordinary biodiversity that helps us produce in balance with the environment. With 691,9 hectars of vineyards, olive groves and the other crops grown using organic methods. Here are planted around 40 grape varieties, 4 types of olives, orchards and kitchen gardens.
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