- Portugese red blend
- A vibrant fruity wine
- Meat and cheese platters
Alteza Red Blend 2017 x12
Wine Region
PORT
Drink Until
2022
Varieties
Alfrocheiro, Castelão and Touriga Franca
Alcohol
13.0%
Foods
Meat and Cheese Platters
Oak
4 months ageing in French and American oak barriques.
Colour
Ruby
Nose
Pleasant aromas in the nose showing ripe red fruits and floral notes.
Palate
A vibrant fruity wine, with elegant notes of wood, fine structure and a great balanced, persistent and pleasurable finish.
Background
Previously desteemed the grapes went through a low temperature pre-fermentative maceration for 24 hours. The alcoholic fermentation is done in stainless steel vats with temperature control between 26º - 28ºC, for 14 days. Skin contact maceration with (submerged) cap for 28 days. Four months ageing in oak barrels
