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 the from Quinta da Manoella vineyard. The grapes are fermented for 10 days at low temperatures and then foot-trodden in open granite lagares. The wine is aged for 16 months in used French barriques.
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Vineyard & Production Info
Vineyard name
The Quinta da Manoella vineyard
Vineyard size
38 acres
Soil composition
Schist
Training method
Royat
Elevation:
1,155 feet
Vines/acre:
1,600
Yield/acre:
1.6 tons
Exposure:
Southwestern
Year vineyard planted:
1977
Harvest time:
September
First vintage of this wine:
2010
Bottles produced of this wine:
10,000
Winemaking & Aging
Varietal composition:
60% Touriga Nacional, 25% Touriga Franca, 10% Tinta Roriz and 5 % Tinta Francisca
Fermentation container:
Lagares
Length of alcoholic fermentation:
10 days
Fermentation temperature:
77 °F
Maceration technique:
Racking and Punchdown
Malolactic fermentation:
Yes
Type of aging container:
Barriques
Size of aging container:
225 L
Type of oak:
French
Length of aging before bottling:
4 months
Age of Aging Container:
Two years
Length of bottle aging:
10-15 years
Analytical Data
Acidity:
5.3 g/L
Alcohol:
14 %
Dry extract:
33.3 g/L
Residual sugar:
2.6 g/L
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