Cabo da Roca Centenary Vines Bairrada 2014
Products Type of bottle
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Bottle - 750 ml.
- Bordeaux
First year of production - 2014
Vine 24 km from the Atlantic coast at 88m altitude - Cordinhã - 96 years old / 2 ton. 9,260 plants per hectare, orientation: N-S.
Driving system - Traditional bush “cup”.
Harvest in the 4th week of September, 100% harvest by hand.
2014
Red wine
- Baga N
- Bical B
- Maria Gomes B
Bairrada - DOC
- Limestone
Aging for 24 months in used French oak barrels.
The grapes are partially de-stemmed (30%) and crushed directly into a press, 3 days of cold maceration; 12 days of alcoholic fermentation with temperature control, gentle treading twice a day. Malolactic fermentation in new French oak barrels.
Red fruits, with hints of bush, vegetables and balsamic, wood nuances and spices.
Complex with pencil shavings and balsamic notes in a firm and very elegant structure.
Pata negra, pasta cheese (Serra da Estrela), game stew and Bairrada suckling pig.
AGING POTENTIAL - 20 years
- Colour
- Deep ruby
- Alcohol
- 12.5000
- Residual sugar
- 2.3000
- pH
- 3.6400
- Acidity
- 5.8600
- Temperature
- 18
- Consuming
- 2017 until 2037
