Wine & Soul - Douro Pintas Character Tinto 2021 (750ml)

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Producer	Wine & Soul
Country	Portugal
Region	Northern Portugal
Subregion	Douro
Varietal	Touriga Nacional
Vintage	2021
Sku	115325
Size	750ml
ABV	14.00%

 

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W I N E D E S C R I P T I O N
Pintas Character is made from a field blend of 30 different varieties from the 45-year old Vale
de Mendiz vineyard adjacent to the 85-year old Pintas vineyard. Some of the varieties are the
indigenous Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, and Touriga Nacional. The wine is fermented in
traditional granite lagares and aged for 18 months in 50% new and 50% second-passage French
oak barriques.

The harvest was planned for the second week of September in perfect weather conditions. All
grapes previously selected and de-stemmed were foot trodden in stone lagares during the
fermentation process (10 days). The aging and malolactic fermentation was developed in french
oak barrels for 18 months.

T A S T I N G N O T E S
Rich and powerful, this wine shows notes of raspberry, black cherry and plums. On the palate it
is fresh and velvety with well integrated tannins and a long, persistent finish.

V I N E Y A R D & P R O D U C T I O N I N F O
Vineyard name: The Vale de Mendiz vineyard
Vineyard size: 30
Soil composition: Schist
Training method: Bush
Elevation: 990-1,320 feet
Vines/acre: 2,000
Yield/acre: 1.6 tons
Exposure: Northern / Southern
Year vineyard planted: 1970
Harvest time: September
First vintage of this wine: 2005
Bottles produced of this wine: 5,500

W I N E M A K I N G & A G I N G
Varietal composition: Field Blend
Fermentation container: Stone lagares
Length of alcoholic fermentation: 10 days
Fermentation temperature: 75 °F
Maceration technique: Foot-trodden
Length of maceration: 10 days
Malolactic fermentation: Yes
Type of aging container: Barrels
Size of aging container: 225 L
Age of aging container: New-One year
Type of oak: French
Length of aging before bottling: 18 months
Total SO2: 87 mg/L

A N A LY T I C A L D A TA
Alcohol: 14%
pH level: 3.62
Residual sugar: 0.6 g/L
Acidity: 5.5 g/L
Dry extract: 33 g/L

P R O D U C E R P R O F I L E
Estate owned by: Sandra Tavares da Silva
and Jorge Serôdio Borges
Winemaker: Sandra Tavares da Silva and
Jorge Serôdio Borges
Total acreage under vine: 45
Estate founded: 2001
Winery production: 5,500 Bottles
Region: DOC Douro
Country: Portugal