Alentejo, Portugal
Amoreira da Torre - Paulo Sendin
Zebro
Aragonez 40%, Touriga Nacional 30%, Alicante Bouschet 30%
- 750ml
- 14%
- 2022
- Red
- Dry
- Organic
- Vegan
- Pairs with
- Aperitif
- Asian cuisine
- Beef
- Buffet food
- Charcuterie
- Goat cheese
- Mature and hard cheese
- Mild and soft cheese
- Fatty fish
- Lamb
- Mushrooms
- Party drink
- Pasta & pizza
- Pork
- Spicy food
- Veal
- Vegetables
Your package will arrive at your doorstep within 4 - 16 days
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About this wine
Food pairings by the winemaker
- Aperitif
- Asian cuisine
- Beef
- Buffet food
- Charcuterie
- Goat cheese
- Mature and hard cheese
- Mild and soft cheese
- Fatty fish
- Lamb
- Mushrooms
- Party drink
- Pasta & pizza
- Pork
- 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 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:
- Steel (100%)
- Storage:
- New oak (100%) 6 months
- Winemaker:
- Paulo Sendin
Hand harvested in boxes df 25 kilos, stalking complete and fermented in vertical inox tanks in a controlled temperature. After a light crushing, alcoholic and maloláctic fermentation starts spontaneously only with natural yeasts. Six months of stage in used 300 lit French oak barrels No corrections, nothing is added or taken from the juice Bottling is preceded by a small tangential filtration
Meet the wine maker
Paulo SendinAbout the wine and its character
- Country:
- Portugal
- Region/Subregion:
- Alentejo/Évora
- Classification:
- IGP
- Certification:
- Organic, Vegan
- Grape:
- Aragonez 40%
Touriga Nacional 30%
Alicante Bouschet 30% - Vintage year:
- 2022
- Color:
- dark red
- Aroma:
- fruit, spicies, eucaliptus, structure
- Taste:
- Fruit, structure, volume
- Alcohol content:
- 14%
- Sugar content:
- 1.3 g/l
- Acidity:
- 4.6 g/l
- pH-value:
- 3.76
- Sweetness:
- Dry
- Contains sulphite:
- Yes
- Volume:
- 750 ml
- Closure:
- Natural cork
- Bottle:
- Glass
- Best Served:
- 14 - 18 °C
- Ageing potential:
- 0 - 12 years
Meet the winemakers behind Zebro
Information provided directly by the winery.
Information
- Founding year
- 2001
- Farming area
- 18 ha
- Production
- 60 000 b/y
Quinta da Amoreira da Torre is located in Montemor o Novo, in the Alentejo, Portugal. Viticulture at Amoreira da Torre endeavours to respect the quality and authenticity of the vines and grapes as much as possible, with artisanal practices and balanced yields per hectare. Winemaking is pure, based on our indigenous yeasts and without correcting the musts. The low Ph and high acidity of our grapes help to stabilise the wines and reduce the use of sulphur dioxide creating wines that we like and express the grapes much more than the winery
Meet Amoreira da Torre - Paulo Sendin