Monte da Ravasqueira Encantado Red
Vinification of Syrah and Touriga Franca in open presses with automatic treading and high extraction work. Alicante Bouschet vinification in stainless steel vats at lower temperatures (26ºC). The aim is to extract the structure of Syrah, the sharp tannins of Touriga Franca and the freshness, exuberance of fruit and elegance of Alicante Bouschet. The batch spent 8 months in new French oak barrels. Encantado shows all the vitality of Touriga Franca that serves as a great base for this wine. The angular and present tannins, the ripe fruit in balance with the aromas of the forest it presents, make it a table companion. The barrel present, but without helping the one-dimensionality of the set, makes this wine a wine with layers that rise throughout the tasting. Contains sulfites.
Monte da Ravasqueira Encantado White
Separate fermentation in stainless steel tank and transfer to French oak barrels (20% new / 80% used). Subsequent aging at low temperatures, remaining on the lees with light battonage for 4 months before bottling. The name Encantado tells the story that takes place in the roots of the vineyards in harmony with the cork oak forest and all the fauna and flora of this rich territory, which gives rise to unique wines. It is a wine with an intense minerality and an important herbal side, but it shows all the power of the yellow fruit and even a more tropical one. In the mouth it is super textured and showing that it can and should be a wine to be served at the table. Contains sulfites.
Monte da Ravasqueira Reserva White
Citrus color, bright, greenish straw. Nose with ripe fruit, light passion fruit and Viognier mango. Notes of lime and wafer maria with light smoked and ripe pineapple. In the test, it has a fresh and mineral attack, full of spicy texture, but always with the same varietal sensation that it feels in the nose, conveying elegance, balance and fulfillment during all the test, end tostado and floral. It has great potential for bottling. Contains Sulfites.
Monte da Ravasqueira Reserva da Família Red
Dense red and deep violet color. Nose of great elegance and complexity with notes of black fruit, integrated wood and spices. In the test, the same profile of elegance and greetings with fine, long and chewy tannins is revealed. Chocolate notes and mineral marked notes integrated with notes of barrel and earthy, liquorice and floral notes. Contains Sulfites.
Monte da Ravasqueira Nero D’Avola Red
Nero d'Avola is one of the most important castes in Italy. Originally from southern Sicily, it arrived at Monte da Ravasqueira by the hand of its founder José Manuel de Mello in the incessant search of the indifferent exploration of the terroir and the production of atypical and challenging wines. In the harvest of 2012 this wish was interpreted, giving rise to a unique and rare wine in Portugal that maintains the original characteristics but which expresses well the unique freshness and mineral character of our grapes.
100% Nero d'Avola, Ravasqueira Nero d'Avola 2012 wine proved to be precocious and fast maturing. Acidity, aromatic intensity and density of tannins are the adjectives that best characterize this year's grapes. Manually harvested and subject to a lowering of the temperature before vinification.
Incarnate color alive and intense. Nose complex, closed in need of decanting. Slight notes of eucalyptus, varied peppers, floral and with intense notes of cherry. The test is full and elegant. High density of fine tannins in balance with mineral acidity, fleshy and light vegetable. Contains Sulfites.
Monte da Ravasqueira Viognier White
Straw green color very light, with bright lemon tones. Intense nose of apricot, white chocolate and apricot. Profile of great intensity, mineral, spicy and complex with notes of phosphorus head and light gunpowder. In the proof it is voluminous and textured, mineral and with predominance of notes of pineapple, mandarin and light mint. A wine to prove already, but with great guarding potential. Contains Sulfites.
Monte da Ravasqueira Sauvignon Blanc White
Color greenish, clear and shiny. Very clean, exotic and intense nose showing all the expressiveness of the breed. Notes of tropical fruit, sliced turf, asparagus, lime and some candied fruit. In the proof it has vibrant and vigorous freshness, balanced by the volume of the fruit. The sense of proof constantly sends us to the nose feeling all the freshness and complexity of the caste with mineral and long finish. Contains Sulfites.
