White Wine

Gloria Reynolds

2020, 75cl

Alentejo

Gloria Reynolds

Viticulture and Enology: The grapes are hand harvested in the early morning, after which they are cleaning and soft crushing, they were pressed in a pneumatic press, and the juice filtered statically and left for a period of 48 hours at a low temperature to allow the sediment to settle. There is then a 30 days fermentation period in new French oak barrels at a temperature of 15°C, followed of a period of almost 8 months of ageing, weekly bâtonnage. At this point it is transferred into stainless steel vats at the constant temperature of 6°C during one month, after which it is ready for bottling.

Tasting notes: Wine of great depth and richness in both the aromas and the taste. A touch mineral aftertaste lingering, long, cool and very front, which show lot of structure like in the summer but also in winter.

Suggestions: A special wine for great events and high quality cuisine especially for Alentejo´s Gazpacho, fish stew and oven-roasted fish. It´s should be served at a temperature of 13°C to 14°C.

Allergens information

Contains sulphites.

Reynolds Wine Growers

Thomas Reynolds, an English seaman and merchant, arrived in Portugal in 1820, attracted by the potential of the wine trade. He settled in the northern town of Porto with his two sons, Thomas and Robert, and from there they supplied their London store with a variety of products from the Iberian Peninsula. In 1838, they became involve in the cork industry and set up a factory for the manufacture of cork stoppers in Alburquerque (Spain), where they lived for eleven years. It was a profitable business and soon new cork factories opened in Portugal and Spain.

The family returned to Portugal in 1850 and moved to Estremoz for a short time. However, Thomas and his son of the same name were not the settling kind: stirred by the same spirit of entrepreneurship, they set sail for New Zealand, a long voyage of 130 days, taking with them a large flock of merino sheep. They never returned to Portugal.

Robert, meanwhile, had remained in Estremoz to take care of the business and soon expanded it with the purchase of new land for the production of quality wine, an activity for which he was particularly passionate. The Alentejo soon became the resting place in Portugal of the Reynolds family and of Robert, the family patriarch. It was here that his first son, Robert Rafael, was born, who later had a son called Carlos. Carlos’s first child was a daughter whom he named Gloria – Gloria Reynolds. To honour his mother and all his ancestors who lived in the Alentejo, Gloria’s son Julian produce a quality wine, which carries his mother’s name – Gloria Reynolds.

Address

Reynolds Wine Growers, Lda.

Monte Figueira de Cima
7340 Arronches
Portugal