Pacheca Reserva Red 2022 Douro D.O.C.

Grape Varieties 50% Touriga Francesa, 25% Touriga Nacional, 20% Tinta Roriz, 5% Tinto Cão
Harvest 2022
Alcohol by volume 13.5%
Appelation Douro DOC, Portugal

 

TASTING NOTES
Colour Ruby red wine.
Aroma Aroma of red fruit, some jam, notes of cistus and very well integrated wood.
Mouth Pleasant on the palate, with acidity giving it freshness, good volume and persistence.

Food Pairing
It should be drunk at 16ºC, accompanying stewed and roast meat dishes, octopus rice, octopus à lagareiro, soft cheeses (Azeitão and Serra).

Vinification
Complete vinification in a press with treading and periodic pumping over to extract phenolic compounds. Fermentation in a press after crushing and destemming the grapes, using selected yeasts. Foot treading for 3 hours on the first day and periodic pumping over until the end of fermentation (8 days). Malolactic fermentation at the same time as alcoholic fermentation, by co-inoculation with lactic acid bacteria.

Barrel Aging
Aged for 9 months in 300-liter barrels and vats with staves.

Winemaker Maria de Serpa Pimentel and João Silva e Sousa

TECHNICAL SHEETS

• 2022
• 2021
• 2020
• 2019

Contains sulfites.