Ribeiro Santo Grande Escolha Red

Ribeiro Santo Grande Escolha presents an imposing aroma, full of mineral notes and wild fruit, with discreet smoked notes. Seriously, with excellent freshness, lots of character and elegance. The harvest took place at the end of September. The grapes were harvested manually, for small boxes of 18 kg, according to a careful selection of the best grapes in the vineyard. The grapes were completely destemmed for small stainless mills, where they macerated 24 hours at low temperature, before beginning the alcoholic fermentation, with selected yeasts and controlled temperature. The alcoholic fermentation lasted about 15 days, with foot steps for a good extraction of color and aromas. After fermentation, it was transferred to new French oak barrels, where it remained for 14 months until bottling and after bottling remained a minimum of 6 months in bottle in a fresh basement. Contains Sulfites.