Reserva 2016

During the harvest, on arrival at Quinta dos Carvalhais' modern winery, 25kg batches of hand-picked grapes were unloaded directly into the destemming machine where they were gently destemmed and crushed. The resulting wine pulp was drained under gravity into stainless steel fermentation tanks, with automatic temperature control, where the different grape varieties fermented separately for around 8 days, in small steel vats at a controlled temperature of 28ºC. After alcoholic fermentation, the wine was transferred into steel vats for malolactic fermentation before maturing in new (45%) and used (55%) oak barrels for 12 months. Only fine grain French casks from French cooperages were used. Numerous tests were conducted to follow the evolution of the different wines during maturation, after which the final blend was made and subsequently fined, filtered and bottled.

Quinta dos Carvalhais is a brand that specialises in the production of the Dão's best, most exquisite wines and represents the pinnacle of winemaking in the region. Quinta dos Carvalhais encaptures the art, authenticity and pedigree of the best wines from the Dão.

A very deep red colour, Quinta dos Carvalhais Reserve 2011's aromas of black fruit, spices and minerality combine with forestal, minty notes. Lively and with balanced acidity in the mouth, the wine's floral, pine and mineral aromas linger in a very long finish.

Serve at a temperature between 16ºC-18ºC, and preferably decant the wine after 4-5 years in the bottle. This wine is very gastronomic and perfect for meal-times. It combines wonderfully with roasted octopus or slow-roasted pork shoulder.