Region: Macedo de Cavaleiros, Trás-os-Montes.

Soil: Schist origin, with medium clay content and the presence of quartz.

Climate: Temperate with continental characteristics.

Vinification: Manual harvesting. Rigorous manual selection of the bunches. Total destemming, followed by pre-fermentation maceration. Fermentation with moderate temperature control and gentle daily manual pumping over. Long post-fermentation maceration. Aged in 500 litre French oak barrels for 21 months. Wine not filtered or cold stabilised. May create a deposit.

Grape varieties: Tinta Amarela, Tinta Roriz and Touriga Nacional.

Colour: Ruby red.

Aroma: Elegant, complex, deep, intense and very delicate. Fresh wild red and black berries, flowers, aromatic herbs and spices stand out.

Palate: Wine with a balanced acidity that gives it elegance. Fine, silky tannins well enveloped by the fruit that make this wine have a very persistent and balanced finish. Coherent wine.

Consumption: It should be enjoyed at a temperature of between 15ºC and 17ºC. We recommend decanting and serving in a burgundy glass.

Ageing potential: until 2040.

Alcohol: 14,80 %/vol.

Total acidity: 6.10 g/l

pH: 3,46

Reducing sugars: <0,6 g/l

Production (bottles): 5,076 gfs of 75cl. Bottled in August 2022.

Bottled in: Bottled in August 2022.

Marketed from: from September 2024

Lot:    06TLC/22.

Head winemaker: Rui Cunha