J Portugal Ramos Vinha de São Lázaro

J Portugal Ramos Vinha de São Lázaro

Wine Description

A single-vineyard wine, Vinha de São Lázaro owes its name to the small 13th century chapel located in the vineyard that is dedicated to Saint Lazarus, protector of the sick and needy. 

Joao Portugal Ramos
J Portugal Ramos Winery
J Portugal Ramos Vineyard
Estremoz Castle
Winery Exterior
Marble Stone Lagares
Winery Aging Room
Winery
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Vineyard & Production Info
Production area/appellation:
Alentejo DOC
Vineyard name
Vinha de São Lázaro
Vineyard size
1.5 ha acres
Soil composition
clay, limestone
Elevation:
1230 feet
Bottles produced of this wine:
6, 412
Average Vine Age:
21 years
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Winemaking & Aging
Maceration length:
12 days
Varietal composition:
100% Touriga Nacional
Fermentation container:
Traditional shallow open marble troughs known as "lagares"
Maceration technique:
Post-fermentative maceration
Malolactic fermentation:
full
Fining agent:
animal based
Size of aging container:
225 l
Type of oak:
new French oak barrels
Total SO2
84
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Analytical Data
pH level:
3.54
Acidity:
4.5 g/L
Alcohol:
14 %
Total SO2
84
Residual sugar:
0.7 g/L
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Wine Production

The bunches are carefully de-stemmed and pass by a sorting table for an optimum selection of the berries. The grapes are then gently crushed before going to traditional shallow open marble troughs known as "lagares", where they are foot trodden. Alcoholic fermentation is finished in stainless steel tanks, followed by 12 days post-fermentative maceration. Then, the wine ages in new French oak half barrels for a period of 12 months. 

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About the Vineyard

Vinha de São Lázaro is a 1.5 hectare plot of Touriga Nacional, planted around the walls of Estremoz Castle on a south-facing slope with clay-limestone soil. João Portugal Ramos says: "As an agronomist, I am always vey curious to see the behaviour of a wine from a particular vineyard, planted in a particular soil. The so-called single vineyard wines."