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Ramilo Red 2020
9,50 €
Since 1937 the Ramilo family has been dedicated to wine production in the Sintra and Mafra region. A historical region with millenary wine-growing roots in which the younger generation strives to convey in a bottle the charm of their land.
Deep violaceous colour. The floral and balsamic aromas of the Touriga Nacional and Castelão varieties, combine perfectly with the elegance of Aragonez. Good acidity, perfectly balanced with long and complex finish.
| Producer | Producer: Manuel Francisco Ramilo & Filho Oenology: Jorge Mata |
| Region | Lisboa |
| Grapes | Castelão, Touriga Nacional e Aragonez |
| Winemaking | The hand picked fruits were sorted and totally destemmed on arrival at the winery. The fermentation occurred in small stain less steel tanks without added yeasts. |
| Aging | 6 months in American oak barrels. |
| Capacity | 750 ml |
| Volume | Alcohol by Volume: 13% |
| Temperature | 16ºC - 18ºC |
| Harmonizations | Red meat dishes and intense flavoured cheeses. |
2013. This was the year brothers Pedro and Nuno Ramilo were challenged by their father to embrace a family tradition of 4 generations. They said yes, but with one condition: they would do it their way. From that moment on, they would not be just another wine producer, making good wines, that don’t stand out.
Wine appears in the Ramilo family by the hand of the great-grandfather, Manuel Francisco Ramilo, who, in the early twentieth century, devoted much of its land area to wine production. Time and the hardness of the vineyard’s works in the region led the following generations to focus the family business on distribution and marketing of wines from other regions, following the trend of agricultural abandonment that occurred in the region in the late twentieth century.
Four generations later, unwilling to accept the abandonment of local traditions, brothers Pedro and Nuno Ramilo left their comfortable lives to embrace a family business of four generations. The task was huge, but they had no doubts about the way to go. They strongly believed their future laid in their ancestors’ roots, hidden in the Lizandro River slopes and the sandy properties of Colares, among the terraces and ancient stone walls of the old family vineyards. They rebuilt the family estates, saved old vines, and planted new ones. The brothers are now on the verge of becoming the largest private producer of the world-famous Ramisco from Colares.
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