Sidónio de Sousa Vinho d'Autor Tinto 2019

Grape Varietie: 100% Baga

Tasting Note: With a deep garnet color and intense aroma typical of the grape variety. On the palate, it's a classic Baga, with well-defined but rounded acidity and tannins, thanks to 8 years of aging, maintaining its freshness and flavor intensity. It should be consumed in moderation, at a temperature of 18°C.

Vinification: Crushing without destemming with cooling of the grapes in the cellar in small open lagares, where the skin maceration begins and then the fermentation, without the addition of enzymes and yeasts. The treading is carried out manually with wooden masses to increase the extraction of the vinous characteristics of the Baga variety.

Ageing: After fermentation in small open vats, the wine passes into cement vats, where it rests until December, when it is cleaned and transferred to 4,000 liter barrels of national oak, where it aged for 30 months, after bottling it aged in bottle 4 years.

Winemaker : Paulo Sousa