Alentejo
Esporão Private Selection 2012
75cl
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Technical sheet
| Type Of Wine: | red wine |
|---|---|
| Vintage: | 2012 Other vintages |
| Appellation: | Alentejo (Alentejo, Portugal) |
| Winery: | Herdade do Esporão |
| Volume: | 75cl Other volumes |
| Grapes: | Aragonêz, Alicante Bouschet, Sémillon, Syrah |
| Allergens: | Contains Sulfites |
| Alcohol Vol.: | 14.5% |
Description of Esporão Private Selection 2012
Esporão Private Selection 2012 (Aragonêz, Alicante Bouschet, Sémillon and Syrah)
TASTING NOTES OF Esporão Private Selection 2012:
- View: deep and intense red.
- Nose: Intense and rich nose.
- Mouth: rich and dense palate at the same time balance of fine tannins and good acidity end.
APPELLATION: Alentejo.
VINEYARD: Herdade do Esporão
GRAPES: Alicante Bouschet, Aragones and Syrah.
ALCOHOL CONTENT: 14.5%
The Winery
Herdade do Esporão
The philosophy of the company “The Esporão project began in the Alentejo from an irrepressible desire to make the finest wines. This is the basis of everything we do and something we extend to other products and regions. Everywhere, nature inspires us and helps us to improve. We respect and protect it, building a more promising future."
More about the WineryReviews of Esporão Private Selection 2012
- View: Color light straw yellow.
- Nose: notes of white-fleshed fruits like apple and mixed with discrete scents of toasted oak and spices like cloves and white pepper pears feel.
- Mouth: Creamy, elegant and intense. It has a long, deep and lingering finish, with notes of wood and almond.
APPELLATION: Douro
VINEYARD: Esporão. It is located in the region of Alentejo, Portugal. It has about 450 hectares of vineyards. Its climate is characterized by dry, hot summers, like their autumns and winters undemanding. They are a variety of compounds crystalline limestone soils, brown Mediterranean and schist. The structure of the soil is mostly clay, deep and with a good drainage system ideal for a balanced production.
GRAPES: Semillon (100%).
AGEING: 6 months in French oak barrels of 550 liters on its own lees. Batonnage process is applied to stimulate the combination of oak wine and to also give a creamy texture. Is aged 6 months in the bottle.
PREPARATION: After harvesting, the grapes are delivered to the winery in the morning when temperatures are lower. The fruits are placed in the automatic press and subjected to long pressing cycles at low pressure which allows thorough juice extraction. Then subjected to a short decantation process, eventually ferment at a controlled temperature of 18 °C.
WINE PAIRING: Perfect to accompany dishes with pork, fish and seafood, especially lobster.
RECOMMENDED SERVING TEMPERATURE: 10 -12 °C
ALCOHOL: 13.5%
It has a dark red colour. Toffee smell, followed by coffee smell. It reveals a kind of salty aftertaste.
Burgundy colour. Smell of coffee or wood. On the palate reminiscent of leather, slightly burned vanilla.
