CIRCUS NUMBER RED BLEND ALENTEJANO
I love when I can show the details on a small production, value priced wine. Hand harvested from high altitude vineyards of indigenous grapes (made for that climate) with low intervention winemaking techniques. This is as honest of an expression of terroir that you can find - and delicious as they come!
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Wine Region | Alentejo |
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Grapes | Castelão (30%), Trincadeira (30%), Aragones (30%) and others (10%) |
Climate | Mediterranean with Continental influence |
Soil | Schist |
Viticulture | Royat single cordon, 3000 to 5000 plants per hectare, 15 to 30 years old |
Harvest | Hand harvest last week of August, 13º potential alcohol |
Wine Making Technique | Controlled temperature fermentation at 28ºC during 5-6 days |
Oak Influence | None |
Fining Material | Bentonite |