Freixo Family Collection Red 2018
Ruby notes and an aromatic intensity of floral and ripe fruit with a light menthol note, giving it overall elegance and harmony. Excellent structure and balance between its fine tannins and acidity give it personality and long life. A long, mineral finish. This wine deserves to be carefully tasted, at leisure.
Ruby notes and an aromatic intensity of floral and ripe fruit with a light menthol note, giving it overall elegance and harmony. Excellent structure and balance between its fine tannins and acidity give it personality and long life. A long, mineral finish. This wine deserves to be carefully tasted, at leisure.
Ruby notes and an aromatic intensity of floral and ripe fruit with a light menthol note, giving it overall elegance and harmony. Excellent structure and balance between its fine tannins and acidity give it personality and long life. A long, mineral finish. This wine deserves to be carefully tasted, at leisure.
Profile
Designation: Alentejo’s Regional Wine
Sub-region: Redondo
Varieties: Touriga Nacional 40%, Cabernet Sauvignon 25%, Petit Verdot 20%, Alicante Bouschet 15%
Alcohol: 14.5%
Quantity produced: 12,360 bottles
Consumption and longevity
Ideal drinking temperature 16°C.
Matches with traditional Mediterranean meat and fish dishes, game dishes, cheeses and intensely flavoured vegetarian cuisine.
Its unique freshness and elegance also makes it ideal to drink with fusion dishes.
This wine is for laying down and has great ageing potential.
Vinification and aging
A year before the harvest and winemaking, the grapes from the various varieties that make up the Family Collection were carefully selected and watched over according to their winemaking purpose. These grapes, which were picked at peak ripeness, were separately vinified. The entire process was carried along by gravity into the fermentation tanks over 20 days with prolonged maceration that give this wine unrivalled ripe fruit characteristics. Its 14-month ageing in new French oak casks give it a wide aromatic range and remarkable balance throughout its long life. Finally, it ages in the bottle for an extra 14 months.