Quinta da Vacariça Garrafeira Tinto 2008

Quinta da Vacariça only gives the "Garrafeira" designation to its best berry wines and exceptional vintages. Coming from vineyards cultivated with traditional techniques: no herbicides. Fermented in small mills, without stemming with its own natural yeasts. Aged in oak barrels for 18 months. Bottled without filtering, this natural wine is subject to deposit.

This Garrafeira 2008 comes from two hectares of vines of the emblematic Baga grape variety, planted on a northeast-facing clay-limestone slope in Tamengos, in the Cardosa terroir, and from a century-old vineyard with a variety of native grape varieties. BAGA Friends.

Grape Varieties: Baga

Vinification: Hand-harvested in the first week of October in several passes, with perfect sanitary conditions. The grapes are vinified in open lagares without destemming. Natural, without added sugar, this wine is made with its own yeasts. The wine is mainly made in the vineyard. In the cellar, the work only allows for the magnification of the profile of the vintage. After aging for 18 months in 3,000L oak barrels, the wine is bottled without fining or filtering.

Consumption: This 2008 Garrafeira is ready to drink now and can improve over the next 30 years. To fully appreciate its qualities, open the bottle 45 minutes beforehand and serve at 16ºC in wide glasses, accompanied for example by truffled meat.