Ribeiro Santo Bastardo 2020

€ 22.00

The variety is of early ripening and little colour. This wine is carectirized for balsamic aroma of wild berries, with some tabacco notes. Delicate with acidity in harmony with elegancy. Soft wine with persistent yet light finish.

Food-Pairing

Delicious with grilled fish, meat and cheese.

Grapes: 100% Bastardo

50% of stemmed and 50% of destemmed grapes. Fermentation under controled temperature between 20º - 23º C for 15 days. Short maceration. After the fermentation transfer to French oak barrels of different age where malolactic fermentation took place during 10 months. This wine is not filtered. Is subject to create deposit.

Bastardo is a variety that can be found everywhere in the Douro, especially in old vineyards and colder areas. Also known as Trousseau or Trousseau Noir in the French wine region of the Jura or Merenzao in the Ribiera Sacra and Valdeorras DOPs in Galicia, it is a variety with a short cycle and an early ripening, usually used to increase the sugar content of the grapes.

Store & Serve

Serve at 16 -18 ºC

Alcoholcontent

13,5% Vol

pH: 3,5

Critics & Awards

Tags: Quinta do Ribeiro Santo - Dao