Cottas Reserve 2019
Cottas Reserve 2019
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- Country: Portugal
- Region: Douro
- Producer: Quinta de Cottas Lda
- Type: Red
- Castes: Touriga Franca, Touriga Nacional and Tinta Roriz
- Winemaker: Manuel Vieira
18 points Great Choices and 17 points Wine Magazine
Vinification: Transport in boxes, sorting on a selection mat, de-stemming and crushing, pre-fermentative maceration at 32ºC for 24 hours, inoculation followed by fermentation below 24ºC until the sugars are exhausted. Post-fermentation maceration for 65 days followed by malolactic maceration in barrels.
Aging : In new French oak barrels where it remained for around 12 months. Physicochemical characteristics: Alcoholic Degree: 14.5º PH: 3.64 Total Acidity: 5.17 g/dm3 Volatile Acidity: 0.53 g/dm3 Reducing Sugars: 2.1 g/dm3.
Tasting note: A wine with a lot of color, opaque, with great aromatic intensity, dominated by wild fruits, spices, light violet and floral notes from Touriga Nacional, all in a very good quality fruit. An intense, powerful and simultaneously elegant red wine.
Alcoholic Degree: 13.5%
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