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Red Wine Fortaleza Tinto

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Red wine with ruby color with pink reflections.

Very fruity red wine. In the mouth it is a red wine light, soft and well balanced.

Available: 75cl Bottle, 1 L Bottle, 5 L Carboy and 5 L Bag-in-Box

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Delivery: 2 to 6 weeks

Data sheet

Export Box: 6 bottles with 75cl
Euro Pallet 100 boxes

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Red wine from the Setubal region

Geology Soil: Sandy
Vine varieties: 80% Castelão (Periquita), 20% other grape varieties
Average Age of Vines: 7 years
Media Production: 18 hl/ha

Vinification Process: Fermentation in cement tanks, at an average temperature of 32 ° C, with short maceration.

Analytical Control

Alcohol: 12 %
Total Acidity: 5 gr/l
Residual sugar: < 2
Dry Extract:210 gr/l
pH: 3.65

Recommended temperature for tasting: 16 ºC

Enologist recommendations: Ideal wine for day to day. Is a very versatile wine, that can be served chilled or at room temperature and that goes very well with meat and fish.
Very good wine with codfish Portuguese style.

Available:

  • 75cl Bottle
  • 1 L Bottle
  • 5 L Carboy
  • 5 L Bag-in-Box

The Grapes

Castelao GrapesCastelão

Being the most cultivated grape varietal in the south of Portugal, Castelão possesses a great ability to adapt to various different climate conditions, hence providing it a notable versatility.

The Castelão grape is known in the Setúbal Peninsula region as "Periquita", first planted back in 1830.

With an area occupying around sixty-percent of the total vineyard land in the Setúbal Peninsula, the fame of the wines produced with the grapes from the Cova da Periquita vineyard became widespread throughout the region.

Castelão is very well-adapted to the Setúbal Peninsula and it is here where it manifests itself in all its fullness, especially within the sandy soils and old vineyards of the region, producing wines that are more structured, fleshy and intense.

The wines made with Castelão present strong, fruity aromas of cherry, currant, blackberry, raspberry and candied plum, as well as some nutty notes, which harmonize well with an aging stage in oak barrels. In general, Castelão wines exhibit excellent aging ability.