Wine & Soul Pintas Character
Wine Description
Pintas Character is made from a field blend of 30 different varieties from the 45-year old Vale de Mendiz vineyard adjacent to the 85-year old Pintas vineyard. Some of the varieties are the indigenous Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, and Touriga Nacional. The wine is fermented in traditional granite lagares and aged for 18 months in 50% new and 50% second-passage French oak barriques.
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Vineyard & Production Info
Vineyard name
The Vale de Mendiz vineyard
Vineyard size
30 acres
Soil composition
Schist
Training method
Bush
Elevation:
990-1,320 feet
Vines/acre:
2,000
Yield/acre:
1.6 tons
Exposure:
Northern / Southern
Year vineyard planted:
1970
Harvest time:
September
First vintage of this wine:
2005
Bottles produced of this wine:
5,500
Winemaking & Aging
Maceration length:
10
Varietal composition:
Field Blend
Fermentation container:
Stone lagares
Length of alcoholic fermentation:
10 days
Fermentation temperature:
75 °F
Maceration technique:
Foot-trodden
Malolactic fermentation:
Yes
Type of aging container:
Barrels
Size of aging container:
225 L
Type of oak:
French
Length of aging before bottling:
18 months
Age of Aging Container:
New-One year
Analytical Data
pH level:
3.62
Acidity:
5.3 g/L
Alcohol:
14.7 %
Dry extract:
30.7 g/L
Residual sugar:
0.6 g/L
Wine Production
The harvest was planned for the second week of September in perfect weather conditions. All grapes previously selected and de-stemmed were foot trodden in stone lagares during the fermentation process (10 days). The aging and malolactic fermentation was developed in french oak barrels for 18 months.
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