Alento Reserva Tinto

Climate: Continental Mediterranean. Hot and dry days, with large daily thermal amplitudes.
Soils: Granitic and Limestone.
Varieties: 40% Aragonez, 40% Trincadeira, 10% Alicante Bouschet and 10% Touriga Nacional
Winemaking: Manual harvest. Totally destemmed. Cold pre-fermentation maceration for 3 days. Fermentation in stainless steel vats with temperature control at 26/27ºC.
Aging: 1 year in new 300L French oak barrels (30% new).


Analyze
Alcohol: 14%
pH: 3.50
Total Acidity: 6.0 g/L
Reducing Sugars: 0.6 g/L


Test results
Color: It is a garnet colored wine.
Aroma: It is a garnet colored wine, which presents good aromatic complexity with notes of ripe fruit and some spice.
Palate: In the mouth it presents good volume and very ripe tannins, shows good complexity and finishes with a long finish.


Oenology: Luís Louro and Inês Capão