Wine Piano Grande Reserva DOC Red 2011 1,5L Magnum
Producer: Carlos Alonso Douro Wine
Region: Douro, Portugal
Wine Type: Red, Grande Reserva
Controlled Denomination of Origin (DOC)
Varietal Composition: Touriga Nacional (60%), Touriga Franca (30%) e Tinta Barroca (10%)
Provenance: Quinta da Ribeira; Cima-Corgo, Concelho de Alijó
Location Vineyard: Cima Corgo
TECHNICAL NOTES
Altitude: 500 -600 meters
Climate and Soil: Warm and dry. Large temperature range. Shale.
Harvest: 100% manual for boxes with an average capacity of 20 kg.
Winemaking: Stemming and crushing; bleeding, use of selected yeasts; fermentation for a minimum of 8 days with temperature control. Controlled malolactic fermentation.
Fermentation temperature: 28 – 30 ° C
Fermentation: Stainless steel vats of 10 tonnes with a pump pumping system.
Stage: 100% of the batch aged for a period of 18 months in new French oak barrels.
Alcohol (% v / v): 14
Total acidity (g / L tartaric acid.): 5.95
pH: 3.79
Volatile Acidity (g / L AC Acetic.): 0.71
Potential Aging: 10-20 Years
Period Consumption Ideal: 1-15 Years
TASTING NOTES
Color: Closed, almost black, with beautiful violet;
Aroma: Balsamic aroma, with notes of very dense black fruit, well integrated with tobacco and Stage own vanilla Wood;
Palate: In the mouth this wine is dense, with good tannins and a very refreshing acidity of its “terroir” but nothing overlap, a set of a smooth density, long and persistent finish.
The producer:
Founded in 1985, Carlos Alonso Douro Wine Company is a family-owned and independent company, located in Alijó in the center of the oldest demarcated wine region in the world.
With great experience in the Douro region, in cultivation, tradition, ethics and responsibility, hand in hand with the vision and character of the founder, define this producer who from the beginning knew how to innovate and adapt to the evolution of times.
With a versatile and broad portfolio of wines, Carlos Alonso Douro Wine Company’s mission is to celebrate the Douro, making the best of what the terroir offers, in each harvest and in the production of wines of excellence, with passion.
The vinification processes allow the grapes to show their natural qualities as well as through a rigorous selection of wine lots.
With the vineyards located in the heart of the Douro, in the municipality of Alijó, on the right bank of the Douro River, with different sun exposures and altitudes, to better reflect the full potential and versatility of the terroir. Granite-schist transition soils at an average altitude of 500m. This analysis is essential and critical in the production
