Encosta do Vale Galego Colheita Tinto, Adega Marques Cordeiro

Grower: Maria Sintra Marques Cordeiro

Age of Vines: 47 years old

Grapes: Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz, Castelão, Syrah

Village: Louriçal

Region: Leiria

Soil: Clay and limestone

Production Methods: Grapes are hand harvested into 22kg boxes, grapes destemmed, fermented into stainless steel vats with controlled temperature and long maceration for better extraction of the grape variety's typicality. Pressed in a vertical press. Partly aged with used French oak and the remaining in stainless steel vats. Before bottling the wine undergoes careful filtration.

Special Features: Exceptional terroir in organic conversion at the foothills of the Serra d’Aire. No use of chemicals. Hand selected and hand picked grapes.

Country: Portugal