GALLERY

INFORMATION

IDENTIFICATION

Name: Quinta das Camélias Touriga Nacional 2012 red wine

Designation of Origin: Dão

Producer: Jaime de Almeida Barros

QUALITY FACTORS

Climate: Mediterranean

Soil: Predominantly schistose with granitic outcrops

Grape variety: 100% Touriga Nacional

VITICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY

Planting Type: Density of 3500 to 4000 feet per hectare

Pruning Type: Double Cordon, Single Cordon and Guyot

Type of Conduction: Vertical ascending monoplane

Yield per hectare (t/ha): 5 tons of grapes per hectare

ENOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGY

Type: Classic with pellicular maceration

Fermentation: With controlled temperature up to 28ºC for 8 days

AGEING

10 months in French and American oak medium toast

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS

Alcohol content: 13.7% v/v

Volatile acidity: 0.66 g/L

Total acidity: 5.64 g/L

Dry extract: 30.0 g/L

Reducing sugars: 2.6 g/L

pH: 3.63

ORGANOLEPTIC TASTE

Appearance: Shiny

Colour: concentrated garnet colour, with expression of bright purple nuances

Aroma: high fineness of violet and bergamot notes combined with plum expressions with soft balsamic traces. Very elegant and refined, highlighting the authenticity of the grape variety.

Taste: velvety and intense, grand, with the presence of rich and silky tannins. With a complex and harmonious structure, it reveals a unique minerality combined with a long aftertaste.

SPECIFICATIONS

It should be served between 16ºC and 18ºC, with red meat dishes and strong cheese.

It is a wine that can be kept for more than 20 years.

QUANTITY

8,588 bottles

ENOLOGIST

Carlos Silva

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