Tiago Cabaço blog Alicante Bouschet e Syrah Red

Very dark, fleshy red color. Tense and closed, concentrated and powerful, floral and fruity, it finishes with some earthy notes that add complexity. Silky and velvety in texture, it is an intense and structured red, vigorous but not aggressive, complex and elegant, with a fresh finish and great ageing potential.

In 2019 we enjoyed long, slow ripenings which our older vines and from our best plots took advantage of to provide grapes with an exemplary balance between acidity and tannins. The two grape varieties that benefited most from nature's exceptional kindness were Syrah and Alicante Bouschet, providing grapes in perfect ripeness. With such good raw materials, we preferred to work them little, letting the grapes speak for themselves. That's why we did little more than foot treading in our lagares, according to the most traditional methods in the region, followed by aging in new barrels and second year French oak barrels, allowing the wine to express itself in the purest way.