Wine & Soul Pintas
Wine Description
This wine is sourced from the 80-year-old Pintas vineyard, which contains a field blend of over 35 indigenous varieties. The grapes are carefully selected and foot trodden in traditional granite lagares during the maceration and fermentation process. The wine is then aged for 22 months in 70% new and 30% second-passage French oak barriques.
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Vineyard & Production Info
Production area/appellation:
Douro DOC
Vineyard name
The Pintas vineyard
Vineyard size
8 acres
Soil composition
Schist
Training method
Bush
Elevation:
990 feet
Vines/acre:
2,400
Yield/acre:
1.2 tons
Exposure:
Southern
Year vineyard planted:
1930
Harvest time:
September
First vintage of this wine:
2001
Bottles produced of this wine:
5,500
Winemaking & Aging
Maceration length:
12
Varietal composition:
Field Blend
Fermentation container:
Granite lagares
Length of alcoholic fermentation:
12 days
Fermentation temperature:
75 °F
Maceration technique:
Foot-trodden
Type of aging container:
Barriques
Size of aging container:
225 L
Type of oak:
French
Length of aging before bottling:
22 months
Age of Aging Container:
New-One year
Total SO2
87
Analytical Data
pH level:
3.63
Acidity:
5.6 g/L
Alcohol:
14.5 %
Dry extract:
33.9 g/L
Total SO2
87
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 all the fermentation process (10 days). The aging and malolactic fermentation was developed in french oak barrels during 20 months.
About the Vineyard
87 years old vineyard with a field blend of more than 40 different indigenous grape varieties.
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