White Wine Bota Alta Branco

White wine Bota Alta

Geology Soil: Sandy

Vine varieties: 100 % Fernão Pires
Average Age of Vines: 7 years
Media Production: 15 hl/ha

Vinification Process: Fermentation in cement tanks, at an average temperature of 20 º C, this is when there amuada approximately 8 g / l of residual sugar to make the wine slightly sweet.
Prior to bottling is added is less than 1 bar of carbon dioxide to make the wine slightly aerated

Analytical Control

Alcohol: 11.5 %
Total Acidity: 5 gr/l
Residual sugar: 8 g/lt
Dry Extract:180 gr/l
pH: 3.55

Organoleptic Characterization

Visual Appearance: Citrine color with golden reflections.
Appearance olfactory: fruity and fresh.
Appearance taste: slightly sweetened wine and aerated making it alive and sweet.

Recommended temperature for tasting: 12º ºC

Enologist recommendations: Ideal as of grilled fish, of cooked fish, of fish in the oven, of seafood.

The Grapes

Fernao Pires

Fernao Pires is one of the most planted white grape varieties in Portugal. It is grown in the centre and south areas, especially in Bairrada (where it is known as Maria Gomes), Estremadura, Ribatejo and Setubal.

Fernao Pires is very early-ripening, which makes it one of the first Portuguese grape varieties to be harvested. Besides, as it is very sensitive to frost, it develops better in fertile soils of temperate or hot climate.

This grape variety has good alcohol content and low or medium acidity, which makes the wines produced from or blended with Fernao Pires have intense floral aromas.