Castello D Alba Limited Edition Red

18 months in French oak barrels, 2/3 new, 1/3 in their second use. / Blend of a selection of small batches of Touriga Nacional grapes from vineyards by the Douro River, and native Douro grape varieties from old vines in high-altitude vineyards, such as Tinta Roriz, Touriga Franca, Tinta Francisca and others. / Schist soils in the Upper Douro.

GRAPES Touriga Nacional (50%), Touriga Franca (20%), Tinta Roriz / Temperanillo (10%), Tinta Francisca (10%), Souzão (10%).

ORIGIN Crafted with grapes from selected vineyards planted with the typical varieties of the renowned Douro region, combining high altitude, granitic and schist soils in the Douro Superior, we have sought to make a wine with elegance, freshness and complexity.

VINIFICATION Hand-picked grapes, reception with full destemming, followed by crushing and mild heat shock, followed by a long period of maceration pre-fermentation cold-mill for about 24 to 48 hours, after which the bodies were transferred to small fermentation vats, where fermented for about 15 days at temperatures between 24 and 26 °C. Malolactic fermentation occurred naturally.