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Grande Reserva, 2016

The cumulative experience and knowledge of continuously making wine from our Estate grown grapes, resulted in the perceiving of a special plot in our Terroir from which unceasingly the best grapes are grown and highest quality wine is arisen. This plot comprises 35-year-old vineyards with Cabernet Sauvignon, Touriga Nacional and Syrah grapes, grown over the years to deliver quality over quantity. The 2016 spring was very cold a rainy, granting these vines enough underground hydric resources to overcome an extremely hot summer with a exceptional maturation conditions. Each of the 3 grapes varieties in this wine was harvested and vinified separately at its own ideal maturation time. Alcoholic fermentation lasted seven days and both the Cabernet Sauvignon and Touriga Nacional musts were kept in extended maceration for one month – Cuvaison - until the end of the malolactic fermentation. Once the vinification period was completed, the wine was blended and aged in new French oak barrels for 16 months.