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Quinta Vale da Roca Encruzado 2020

18,90 €

Light notes of peach and plum blossom, with vanilla and almond liqueur aromas. Fresh, elegant and enveloping in the mouth, reminiscent of spring water, complex and mineral with hints of granite rock, notes of vanilla and green spices such as cardamom, long fresh and saline finish.

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Producer	Producer: Quinta Vale da Roca Oenology: António Figueiredo and Ricardo Silva Pinto
Region	Lisboa - Colares
Grapes	Encruzado (100%)
Soil	The vineyard is located in the Colares Region, the most westerly of continental Europe and in the heart of the Sintra-Cascais Natural Park, on the southern slope of Cabo da Roca at an average altitude of 220m. This wine was made with the Encruzado grape variety, grafted on-site and following the principles of integrated protection.
Winemaking	Manual harvest for 18 Kg boxes, being the grapes carefully selected, totally destemmed and gently pressed at low temperature. The must is clarified statically at 12ºC, The alcoholic fermentation occurs in French oak barrels at a controlled temperature of 14ºC.
Aging	French oak barrels with Batonnage for 6 months and ageing on lees for 4 months.
Capacity	750 ml
Volume	Alcohol by Volume: 13%
Temperature	10ºC - 12ºC
Harmonizations	Codfish dishes, baked fish and fish or seafood cataplana.

Quinta Vale da Roca is an old property located in Azóia in Colares. Five minutes from Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point of Europe, and in the middle of the Sintra Natural Park, it is on the southern slope of Cabo da Roca, in a forested landscape where the recently planted vineyard stands out.