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Esporão Private Selection Tinto

Esporão Private Selection Tinto

One of the most special Portuguese projects
Organic
Esporão Private Selection Tinto
75 cl.
2019
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Details
Alcohol 14.50%
Production area Alentejo
Designation of Origin DOC Alentejo
Winery Esporao
Contains sulphites
Varieties Alicante Bouschet, Aragonés, Touriga franca
Service 16.0
Volume 75 cl.
Tasting notes Esporão Private Selection Tinto 2019

Red wine Aged in wood Organic. 18 months in French oak barrels and 24 meses en botella.

Esporão Private Selection Tinto 2019 unveils its charm with understated elegance, revealing a bouquet of ripe plums and blackberries intertwined with hints of tobacco and a whisper of cocoa. On the palate, its silky texture caresses the taste buds, displaying a balanced maturity that promises to enchant those in search of a sophisticated and charismatic red. This Portuguese wine is a refined exemplar of the harmonious coexistence of fruit and spice.

Style Esporão Private Selection Tinto
Fruity
Spicy
Young
Barrel
Light
Body
Pairing
Aperitif, Cured cheeses, Foie-gras, Hamburgers, Game

About Esporão Private Selection Tinto

The best of the best. No more and no less. Just as good traditions must be maintained, the Esporão winery has been making Esporão Private Selection Red since 1987, a wine made only from this Portuguese winery’s best plots, within the D.O.C. Alentejo.

Under the original name of Garrafeia, this red wine was produced from the best barrels of Esporão Reserva. The production of this work of art is still going, now with a selection of the very best vineyards at Herdade do Esporão, the estate that this winery cultivates in the heart of the Alentejo (southern Portugal). Here, where there is a great variety of soils, they are faithful defenders of artisan work, where you have to learn to enjoy the moment. At Herdade do Esporão, time seems to stand still among its 460 hectares of vineyards that are divided into several plots with their own identity. In the case of Esporão Private Selection Tinto, made from Alicante Bouschet, Aragónez and Touriga Franca, the varieties come from four different vineyards: Canto de Zé Cruz (with sandy soils mixed with granite boulders and clays), Rochedo (with granite and schist), Palmeiras (deep clayey soils with good drainage) and Machuguinho (at an altitude of 400 metres with granitic soils and sandy texture).

The entire Herdade do Esporão vineyard is cultivated organically, taking special care over all the details, understanding how to savour the moment and without compromising the future of the vineyards. This way of thinking is carried over into the winery, where Esporão Private Selection Tinto is made in different phases. We might just be looking at one of the most special vinifications that begins by working each plot separately. While the Aragonez and Touriga Nacional grapes ferment in marble vats, the Alicante Bouschet ferments in concrete tanks. What the varieties will have in common is the aging process, in 500-litre French oak barrels, where they will undergo malolactic fermentation and spend more than two years (followed by a couple more years in the bottle).

Esporão Private Selection Tinto is a red wine with character that knows what it is doing. Not suitable for undiscerning people who are unable to distinguish all its unique touches and characteristics.

2019

Esporão Private Selection Tinto 2019 unveils its charm with understated elegance, revealing a bouquet of ripe plums and blackberries intertwined with hints of tobacco and a whisper of cocoa. On the palate, its silky texture caresses the taste buds, displaying a balanced maturity that promises to enchant those in search of a sophisticated and charismatic red. This Portuguese wine is a refined exemplar of the harmonious coexistence of fruit and spice.
2016

Esporão Private Selection Tinto 2016 is a mature and complex red wine that is powerful and filled with character, and a deep, dark colour. The nose is full of nuances, with black fruits that combine perfectly with hints of fresh cocoa and pepper. The palate is silky and compact, with fine tannins. Intense and persistent finish.

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