Wines > Avó Sabica Red
Avó Sabica Red
Sub-Region: Reguengos
Climate: Mediterranean
Soils: Granitic
Grape Varieties: Trincadeira, Alicante Bouschet and Aragonez.
Vintage: 2011
Wine Making: Steel vats with temperature control with a pre and post maceration period .
Ageing: 14 months in French oak barrels; minimum 3 years in the bottle before being released.
Analysis
Alcohol Level: 14,7 % Vol.
Total Acidity: 6,3 g/dm3
pH: 3,63
Tasting Notes
Colour: Very intense garnet.
Aroma: Unusually good complexity; dark very ripe fruit in perfect harmonywith the fruit and the oak tannins, notes of dark chocolate, spices, coffee. Density and elegancein a mighty, distintive ensemble.
Palate: Creamy and smooth; full-bodied; warmness, evolution. Perfect equilibrium of the dark fruit with the tannins and the excelent acidity. Remarkably persistent finish with notes of chocolate and coffee
