Alento Tinto
WINE 14
FRESH FRUIT & BALANCED ACIDITY
An easily accessible red wine made mainly from grapes typical of the eastern Alentejo. The wine has a nice red color with pomegranates, an intense aroma and taste notes of red berries. The fruit is clear, but the wine also has a freshness and a particularly well-balanced acidity. Although the fruit is as distinct as it is, this is a dry wine, as the residual sugar content of less than 0.6 grams per liter also indicates. The grapes are completely destemmed and, after pressing, have been allowed to macerate with skin contact for two days before fermentation in stainless steel tanks at between 24 and 26°C.
FRISK FRUGT & AFBALANCERET SYRE
En lettilgængelig rødvin lavet hovedsageligt på druer der er typiske for det østlige Alentejo. Vinen har en flot rød farve henad granatæbler, en intens duft og smagsnoter af røde bær. Frugten er tydelig, men vinen har samtidigt en friskhed og en særdeles velafbalanceret syre. Selvom frugten er så tydelig som den er, er dette en tør vin, hvilket restsukkerindholdet på mindre end 0,6gram per liter også indikerer. Druerne er fuldstændigt afstilkede og har efter presning fået lov til at macerere med skindkontakt i to døgn inden gæring i rustfrie ståltanke ved mellem 24 og 26° C.
FACTS
Country: Portugal
Region: Alentejo
Winery: Adega do Monte Branco
Year: 2018
Type: Red
Grapes: Aragonez, Touriga Nacional, Trincadeira & Alicante Bouchet
Alcohol: 14%
Aging: Steel tanks
Closure: Cork
Winemaking: Traditional
ABOUT THE WINERY
ADEGA DO MONTE BRANCO
Adega doMonte Branco is a relatively young project. Luís Louro started the project at the beginning of the millennium and in 2004 the winery itself stood clear on top of the Monte Branco hill outside Estremoz. Not at the highest point in the area - but the second highest.First he built the winery, and made a number of small productions together with friends in the wine industry. But in 2008 he started production under his own name, Adega do Monte Branco, on grapes he bought in the area, to maintain the taste of Estremoz. But quite quickly Luís realized that he also wanted to control the actual grape production, which is why in recent years land around the Adega has been bought up and planted with wine. These are still small areas, but we are on our way.
Adega doMonte Branco er et relativt ungt projekt.Luís Louro startede projektet i starten af årtusindet og i 2004 stod selve vineriet klart på toppen af bakken Monte Branco udenfor Estremoz. Ikke på det højeste punkt i området – men det næsthøjeste.
Først byggede han vineriet, og lavede sammen med venner indenfor vinbranchen en række små produktioner. Men i 2008 startede han produktionen under eget navn,Adega do Monte Branco, på druer han købte i omegnen, for at fastholde smagen af Estremoz. Men ret hurtigt indså Luís, at han også gerne ville kontrollere selve drueproduktionen, og derfor har man de seneste år opkøbt jord omkring Adegaen og plantet den til med vin. Det er stadigt små arealer der er tale om, men man er på vej.
Aragonez
The same grape as Spain’s Tempranillo. Tinta Roriz is a very fine varietal of extraordinary quality, hence its presence in two legendary wines produced on the Iberian Peninsula: the Portuguese Barca Velha and the Spanish Vega Sicilia. This grape has also been grown for centuries in the Alentejo, but under the name of Aragonês. In good years it produces full-bodied, inky and highly aromatic wines. The grape has fine and delicate aromas of pepper and berries. Aragonês has high yields and is indispensable in the blend of a good Port. Varietal red wines are also showing good results, particularly in the Dão region, while the best blends of Alentejo generally rely upon ample percentages of Tinta Roriz, as do the dry reds of the Douro.
Touriga Nacional
Few would dispute that the Touriga Nacional is Portugal's finest red grape variety, deserving a place right up at the top of the world league of grapes, along with the likes of Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon and Nebbiolo. Though Northern in origin, it has spread right across the country - you will find it down south in the Algarve and the Alentejo, out west in the Ribatejo/Tejo and Setúbal regions, successfully competing with the local Baga grape in Bairrada, and way out mid-Atlantic in the Azores. Touriga Nacional is a thick-skinned grape, and those skins are rich in colour and tannins, giving excellent structure and ageing capacity. But it also has wonderful, intense flavours, at the same time floral and fruity - ripe blackcurrants, raspberries - with complex hints also of herbs and liquorice.
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