Terra do Castelo Toasted wine

Vintage selected by hand in boxes of 5kg. Individual manual laying of the bunches in a natural drying room for their passaging (5-6 months). Selection and manual pick-up. Full pressing in traditional spindle press. Static settling and subsequent controlled fermentation at low ambient temperature for several months. Minimum of 6 months of barrel aging. Clarified by decanting and racking. Bottled in March 2014. More than 4 years of bottle aging.

• Type of wine:

  Tostado do Ribeiro wine, natural sweet

• Bottle of:

  35cl

• Temperature:

  10-12ºC

• Percentage of alcohol:

  13,1 % vol.

• Pairing:

  Blue cheese, cebreiro, cottage cheese. Foie Nuts (roasted chestnuts, hazelnut). Bitter chocolates and traditional desserts (filloas, bicas, sabtiago tart, fried cañas).

Taste/notes:

Color: Dark amber with a tendency to mahogany.
Fragrancy: Aromatic intensity marked by ripe candied fruit (raisins, cherries, orange peel), nuts (nuts, cocoa), dried flowers and vintage honey. There are also spicy notes (nutmeg, saffron, cinnamon) behind a smoky background of exotic woods (cedar, ash) and balsamic resins.
Mouth: the step is sweet, dense and tasty. Intense in flavors of ripe fruit in season and balanced combination of sweetness and acidity under a subtle bitterness that appreciates the drink. To the aftertaste, aromas of balsamic and candied orange peel and honeyed aromas characteristic of old toasted aromas return.