Wine & Soul Manoella Tinto

Wine & Soul Manoella Tinto

Wine Description

Manoella Tinto is a blend of 60% Touriga Nacional, 25% Touriga Franca, 10% Tinta Roriz, and 5% Tinta Francisca from the Quinta da Manoella vineyard. The grapes are fermented for 8 days at low temperatures and then foot-trodden in open granite lagares. The wine is aged for 16 months in used French barriques.

Wine and Soul Jorge and Sandra Tavares
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Acclaim
“The 2020 Tinto Quinta da Manoella, sourced from 35+-year-old vines, is mostly a 60/25 blend of Touriga Nacional and Touriga Franca, with Tinta Roriz and Tinta Francisca filling out the blend. It was aged for 16 months in used French oak and comes in at 14.3% alcohol. This is super. It has some nod to what I like to call a summer red style. It's fresh and fruity, with mild tannins and big flavors. There is enough of a backbone to allow it to age, though, but I have to note that it tastes great now in its fruit-forward style.”
— Wine Advocate, Aug 2022
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Vineyard & Production Info
Vineyard name
The Quinta da Manoella vineyard
Vineyard size
77 acres
Soil composition
Schist
Training method
Bush
Elevation:
990-1,320 feet
Vines/acre:
1,600
Yield/acre:
1.6 tons
Exposure:
Northern / Southern
Year vineyard planted:
1973
Harvest time:
September
First vintage of this wine:
2010
Bottles produced of this wine:
8,800
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Winemaking & Aging
Maceration length:
8
Varietal composition:
60% Touriga Nacional, 25% Touriga Franca, 10% Tinta Roriz, 5% Tinta Francisca
Fermentation container:
Stainless steel tanks
Length of alcoholic fermentation:
8 days
Fermentation temperature:
75 °F
Maceration technique:
Foot-trodden
Malolactic fermentation:
Yes
Type of aging container:
Barriques
Size of aging container:
225 L
Type of oak:
French
Length of aging before bottling:
16 months
Age of Aging Container:
Two-Three years
Total SO2
83
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Analytical Data
pH level:
3.63
Acidity:
5.4 g/L
Alcohol:
14 %
Dry extract:
32 g/L
Total SO2
83
Residual sugar:
0.91 g/L