Red Wine Tapada do Chaves Reserve 2017, 75cl Alentejo
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Red Wine
Tapada do Chaves
Reserve 2017, 75cl
Alentejo

28,49€
approx. £23.77

Aragonês, Trincadeira, Alicante Bouschet

  Red: Full-bodied

 15.5%

 2023-2041

 Serve at 16º-18º

4.1 /5
64 ratings

 

O Produtor, tasting note published in November 14th 2022

Concentrated garnet colour. Fresh and with great aromatic complexity, wild berries, undergrowth, rock-rose, resin, earth and some leather with
leather with more balsamic nuances. In the mouth it is extremely elegant, with volume and very expressive ripe fruit, a classic Alentejo. Firm tannins and good acidity,
very balanced and involving from beginning to end.

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Tapada do Chaves

Manual harvest from the various vineyards in the Tapada, between 350 and 400 metres above sea level. Manual selection of the grapes – grape by grape
Total destemming and pre-fermentative cold maceration for 5 days. Fermentation with indigenous yeasts, carried out in stainless steel vats
stainless steel tanks at controlled temperature. Post-fermentative maceration for 30 days, preceded by ageing in 225, 300 and 525 litre barrels, with spontaneous
spontaneous development of malolactic fermentation.
Ageing: 12 months in Portuguese and French oak barrels. In bottle for 24 months.

Allergens information

Contains sulphites.

SKU: 105662

Tapada do Chaves

Tapada do Chaves wines are produced on the outskirts of Portalegre in the Upper Alentejo. For some 100 years now this property has produced wines of recognised quality which are some of the best in Portugal.In view of their prime location the land is endowed with characteristics which are very specific and different from the rest of the region.

In actual fact Tapada do Chaves is located on the slopes of Serra de S. Mamede, a granite massif, which is why it has unique qualities. The Tapada do Chaves wines preserve the heat and mildness of the Alentejo Region.

Associated with a strong family tradition and a history of passion and dedication to the land, they originate from the vines of the property of the same name, aged between 15 and 85, which produces black grapes of the vine varieties Trincadeira, Aragonês, Castelão and Tinta Francesa and white grapes of the vine varieties Fernão-Pires, Arinto, Alva and Tamarez.

For a long time now the Tapada do Chaves red has been reserved for the elite who drink it. Its high quality gradually became better known and this wine is now one of the most highly sought after by connoisseurs and admirers.It is made from a carefully determined proportion of vine varieties and vinified according to traditional methods.

Its maturing in national and french oak barrels is the culmination of the genesis of the Tapada do Chaves Red. The quality of this wine has successively won prizes nationally and internationally. Distinctions have also been gained on several occasions by the Tapada do Chaves White.

The Tapada do Chaves Old Vines is exclusively produced using the vine varieties deriving from the oldest vineyard of Tapada do Chaves, which is over 85 years old. Tapada do Chaves also produces, from de new vines, the Almojanda, a wine from Alentejo.

The success of the sparkling wine which also hails from Tapada do Chaves is yet further proof of the higher quality of the nectars produced here.An everlasting classic which leaves on your palate the whole personality of a great wines from Alentejo.

Address

Tapada do Chaves
Sociedade Agrícola e Comercial, S.A.

Frangoneiro – Apartado 170
7301-901 Portalegre – Codex
Portugal