Joaquim Madeira Red DOC

Sub-Region: Reguengos
Climate: Mediterranean
Soils: Red Chalky and granitic
Grape Varieties: 14 traditional grapes, the way the wines used to be made in the sixties.
Vintage: 2011
Wine Making: Steel vats with temperature control. Pre and post fermentation maceration period.
Ageing: 14 months in portuguese oak barrels.

Analysis

Alcohol Level: 15,5 % Vol.
Total Acidity: 5,4 g/dm3
pH: 3,74

Tasting Notes

Colour: Deeply intense garnet.
Aroma: Complexity, mixture of jammy fruit, raisins, ripe wild berries and scents of portuguese oak.
Palate: Very soft, fruity, good balance. The raisins and the jams in a perfect flavour that remains in the long persistent finish, together with an excelent acidity.

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