Herdade das Servas Parcela C Red

Discover Maria Antonieta Red, an elegant and complex wine from the Montargil region, in Portalegre, Alentejo. This organic wine, a tribute to the family matriarch, is produced exclusively with Touriga Nacional grapes, grown in pebble soils that highlight the delicacy and unique character of the variety. The proximity to the Montargil Dam creates a cool and humid microclimate, ideal for the full development of the grapes. Vinification involves careful manual harvesting, with total stemming and light crushing, followed by alcoholic fermentation in stainless steel mills at controlled temperatures. The wine matures for 23 months in used French oak barrels, gaining complexity and a polished structure. On the palate, Maria Antonieta Red reveals aromas of red fruit, sour cherry and ripe plum, complemented by touches of licorice and well-integrated wood. In the mouth, it is dense and elegant, with firm tannins and a fresh finish. Ideal to accompany meat, game, cheese and sausage dishes, this wine reveals itself even better if previously decanted. A true Alentejo treasure that promises to enrich any table.

Grapes from plot 21 of Alicante Bouschet. After de-stemming, the berries are hand-picked before crushing. 30% stems were added to the must to give more complexity and structure, which accompanied the entire fermentation. Before fermentation in stainless steel trunk-conical vats at a controlled temperature of 28ºC, maceration takes place at 10ºC for 3 days. After malolactic fermentation, the wine ages in 3000 liter French oak barrels for 12 months. The final blend is made only from the best wood and continues to age in the bottle at a controlled temperature of 15ºC. Ruby red color. Great aromatic complexity, dominated by ripe red fruit, black figs and peppers. It is a wine with strength and very fresh. It reveals a powerful and very well designed mouthfeel, it is long and the tannins are strong but silky. Contains sulfites.

These wines associate their quality with the name of the Carthusian monks who, since 1598, lead a solitary prayer life in the Monastery of Santa Maria Scala Coeli. Produced from the carefully selected vine varieties, Alicante Bouschet eTincadeira, planted in the older vineyards of the Eugénio de Almeida Foundation. When the grapes reach the ideal stage of maturation, they are harvested and transported to the winery, where the technological process begins with total destemming and slight crushing. The grapes are then fermented separately in stainless steel vats and French oak vats, at a temperature of 27 ° C, followed by 15 day maceration. This wine aged for 15 months in new French oak barrels and 12 months in the bottle. Contains Sulfites.