Chocapalha Red

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Wine Description

Quinta de Chocapalha Tinto is a blend of indigenous Portuguese varietals sourced from 16th century vineyards 28 miles northwest of Lisbon. Fermented in traditional granite lagares and stainless steel, the wine is then refined for 18 months in French oak barriques.

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Acclaim
“A ripe, full wine with rich tannins and still-young black fruits. It is solid with spice and concentration, blackberry fruits and final acidity.”– (Best Buy)
— Wine Enthusiast, Nov 2023
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Vineyard & Production Info
Vineyard name
Quinta de Chocapalha
Vineyard size
75 acres
Soil composition
Calcareous and Clay
Training method
Guyot
Elevation:
660 feet
Vines/acre:
1600
Yield/acre:
1.6 tons
Exposure:
Various
Harvest time:
September
Bottles produced of this wine:
18,650
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Winemaking & Aging
Maceration length:
10
Varietal composition:
40% Touriga Nacional, 25% Touriga Franca, 15% Tinta Roriz, 10% Castelão, 10% Alicante Bouschet
Fermentation container:
Lagares
Length of alcoholic fermentation:
12 days
Fermentation temperature:
79 °F
Maceration technique:
Punchdown and Pumpovers
Malolactic fermentation:
Yes
Type of aging container:
Barriques
Type of oak:
French
Length of aging before bottling:
18 months
Length of bottle aging:
1 year
Total SO2
118
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Analytical Data
pH level:
3.66
Acidity:
6.08 g/L
Alcohol:
14.5 %
Dry extract:
34.9 g/L
Total SO2
118
Residual sugar:
0.9 g/L
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Wine Production

The grapes, which were previously de-stemmed, went through a pre-fermenting maceration at low temperatures for 12 hours. Fermentation took place in lagares with successive pressings by machine and in stainless steel vats for 10 days, not exceeding 27ºC. The aging and malolactic fermentation occurred for 18 months in used French oak barriques.