Chocapalha Vinha Mãe

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Wine Description

Vinha Mãe, the flagship red of the estate, translates to “The Mother Vine” in Portuguese and is a testament to the strong yet soothing nature of the wine. Sourced from 27 year old vines and fermented in traditional granite lagares with successive machine pressings, this wine is aged in French oak barriques for 20 months.

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Acclaim
“Deep dark colour like black-cherry skins. Really dark fruit and a touch peppery, with the complexity that these three very different varieties bring to the vat: the perfume of Touriga, the pepperiness of the Syrah, and sweet spice of Alicante Bouschet in its adopted homeland. Powerful, grippy tannins, more so than in the 2020 CH just tasted, deep and starting to be smoothed by bottle age but still a very young wine that needs more time. Lots of freshness as well as power and length. Perhaps slightly less embryonic finesse than in the CH 2020.” – 17.5/20  — Jancis Robinson, Apr 2024
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Vineyard & Production Info
Vineyard name
Vinha Mae
Vineyard size
18 acres
Soil composition
Calcareous and Clay
Training method
Guyot
Elevation:
660 feet
Vines/acre:
2000
Yield/acre:
1.2 tons
Exposure:
South-North
Harvest time:
September
Bottles produced of this wine:
5,400
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Winemaking & Aging
Varietal composition:
40% Touriga Nacional, 30% Tinta Roriz, 30% Syrah
Fermentation container:
Lagares
Length of alcoholic fermentation:
12 days
Fermentation temperature:
79 °F
Type of aging container:
Barriques
Type of oak:
French
Length of aging before bottling:
20 months
Total SO2
142
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Analytical Data
pH level:
3.54
Acidity:
6.3 g/L
Alcohol:
14.5 %
Dry extract:
33.1 g/L
Total SO2
142
Residual sugar:
0.7 g/L