Food pairing
The perfect wine with roasts & steak. Delicious with the following typical Portuguese dishes, "Polvo à Lagareiro" - Octopus tentacles in baked potatoes with olive oil and garlic, or chickpea stew with spearmint.
Grapes : 35% Trincadeira 27% Alfrocheiro 21% Alicante Bouschet 17% Aragonez
21% was aged in French oak barrels over a 12-month period, 39% was aged for 6 months in 550-liter Amphora barrels, like the first wine produced in Alentejo. The rest is aged for 4 months in the pottery called Tinaja.
Alcohol content
14,1 %
Store & Serve
Open 1 hour in advance to breathe. Serve at 16-18 °C .
From now to at least 7 years after harvest year to drink
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