Amoreira da Torre Amphora
Amoreira da Torre Amphora
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Amoreira da Torre - Paulo Sendin
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Winemaker's notes
Your package will arrive at your doorstep within4 - 16 days
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Product details
About the wine and its characterCountry:
Portugal
Region/Subregion:
Alentejo/Évora
Classification:
Vinho
Certification:
Organic, Natural, Vegan
Grape:
Verdelho (50%)
Arinto (50%)
Vintage year:
2022
Color:
Orange
Aroma:
grapefruit; lemon; lichia
Taste:
intense, mineral, volume
Alcohol content:
12%
Sugar content:
2 g/l
Acidity:
5.92
pH-value:
3.59
Sweetness:
Dry
Contains sulphite:
Yes
Volume:
750 ml
Closure:
Natural cork
Bottle:
Glass
Best Served:
12 - 14 °C
Food pairing:
Aperitif, Buffet food, Charcuterie, Cheese - goat cheese, Cheese - mature and hard, Cheese - mild and soft, Fish - lean, Fish - fat, Game, Lamb, Mushrooms, Party drink, Pasta / Pizza, Pork, Shellfish - flavored, Shellfish - natural, Spicy food, Veal, Vegetables
Ageing potential:
0 - 10 years
Food pairings by the winemaker
- Aperitif
- Buffet food
- Charcuterie
- Cheese - goat cheese
- Cheese - mature and hard
- Cheese - mild and soft
- Fish - lean
- Fish - fat
- Game
- Lamb
- Mushrooms
- Party drink
- Pasta / Pizza
- Pork
- Shellfish - flavored
- Shellfish - natural
- Spicy food
- Veal
- Vegetables
Vinification, winemaker's own words
Soils:
Clay, Granite, Limestone
Terroir:
The Climate is Mediterranean with hot summers. The Soil is granitic with sandy-clay-loam texture. The vineyard, is certified as organic agriculture since 2005, without the use of pesticides, fungicides, herbicides, antibiotics, chemical or synthesis fertilizers. The vineyard is not artificially irrigated; agro-ecology management the herbaceous control is made with small ruminants (sheeps) Altitude of the vineyard is 240m, distance from Atlantic: 72km.
Harvest:
Picked by hand
Fermentation:
-
Storage:
Old oak (50%) 12 months
Amphora (50%) 12 months
Winemaker:
Paulo Sendin
Picked by hand, the harvest is carried out in 25 kg boxes. Complete and static decanting for 24 hours at a low temperature. Fermentation starts spontaneously only with the natural yeasts of the grapes in small capacity, stainless steel vats, is proceeded at a temperature of 14ºC, for around 3 weeks. The fermentation is made in open deposits with the skins and grape juice together. After fermentation is finished, all the wine is pressed and divided into two equal batches. One batch goes into two 500 liter clay amphorae and the other into two 500 liter French oak barrel. The wine ages in the amphoras and barrels for twelve months. After the stage it is bottled without being filtered, in the bottling a small dose of sulfur dioxide (54mg/liter) is added to stabilize