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Discover the elegance of Tapada de Coelheiros Cellar Release 2013 Red, a dry-farmed wine from Alentejo, sourced from vineyards with granite soils at 300 meters altitude. After 11 years since harvest, this wine shows remarkable evolution, distinguished by its silky texture and persistent finish, balancing freshness and complexity. Vinified with hand-harvested grapes, immediately destemmed, alcoholic fermentation occurred in stainless steel tanks at controlled temperatures. Following a 5-day post-fermentation maceration, natural malolactic fermentation took place, with 18 months of aging in 225L barrels. With a ruby color and garnet reflections, Tapada de Coelheiros Cellar Release 2013 Red offers aromas of tobacco, leather, and moss, harmonized with ripe black fruit. The bottle aging has softened the tannins, resulting in a wine of great sophistication, perfect for connoisseurs of complex and elegant wines.

The grapes were harvested very early, before the painter, to ensure acidity and natural freshness. They were manually harvested into small boxes in order to preserve their quality. After careful selection and sorting at the entrance to the cellar, the grapes were destemmed and gently pressed. Fermentation took place at low temperatures in stainless steel vats. Part of the batch fermented and aged in used 500 liter barrels. Pale pink color. Fine and delicate aroma. In the mouth it is fresh and structured, predominating notes of raspberry and tropical fruit, with a prolonged aftertaste.

It is the reference wine of the estate, since the first harvest was bottled in 1949, and reflects the unique temperament of the winery. Mouchão wine is born mainly from the best grapes of Alicante Bouschet, while the rest is found in the selection of other varieties such as Habitué Trincadeira, the famous Vinha dos Carapetos, and Aragonês, which is also sometimes invited. This happy combination results in a wine full of personality, with fragrant aroma, fresh and very elegant. It is a wine whose flavor expresses its slow maturation and which strongly reflects its origin and respect for tradition. After harvesting by hand, the grapes follow in small baskets to the cellar, where, after an experienced walk on stone wineries and fermentation, the Mouchão rests in barrels of Portuguese oak, macacaúba and mahogany for at least three years. It grows in all its intensity, character and robustness, but will still have to mature in bottle for another two years. Mouchão wine has a deep, concentrated color, and has a spicy character. Its unique tannin structure enhances a long bottle aging, which can improve significantly on guard for two decades, or even longer. Contains Sulfites.