Esporão Quinta dos Murcas Tinto Reserva 2012
€ 29.50
A red wine with a deep color and purple accents. A complex and intense aroma of ripe black fruit and the characteristic balsamic aromas of old vines, complemented by spicy notes from aging in barrels. Full wine with a concentrated with balanced acidity, ripe tannins, and a long aftertaste. A wine with aging potential
Very dry year, little rainfall during winter and spring. Mild summer, with cold nights during the last weeks of August. The production from this vineyard, by nature very low, was even lesser due to the lack of soil moisture
Food pairing
Excellent, powerful wine with red grilled or roasted meat and game dishes
Grapes: Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Sousão, Tinta Amarela, Tinta Barroca, Tinta Roriz
12 months of aging in used French and American oak barrels
Hand-picked grapes, destemming, crushing, fermentation with indigenous yeasts and temperature control (25ºC – 28ºC) in granite ‘lagares’, foot treading and pressing in an old-style vertical press.
Alcoholcontent
14,5%
pH: 3.57
Store & Serve
A wine with an aging potential, ideal to drink between 2017-2032. Serve at 16-18 ° C
Critics & Awards
Gold - 2018, Mundus Vini – Spring Tasting
Technical sheet
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