Cascale T Tinto

Description

Cascale T 2018 — organic red from the high plain of Beira Interior

Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz and Touriga Franca grown at 690 metres, spontaneously fermented with twelve days on skins and eighteen months in French oak.

The vineyard lies 155 kilometres from the Atlantic at 690 metres, on granite with some quartz, planted east to west and Royat-trained. This is high plain country with wide temperature swings, and the altitude is what keeps acidity alive in a hot summer.

Certified organic. The blend is 38% Touriga Nacional, 36% Tinta Roriz and 26% Touriga Franca, picked in the first week of October. Destemmed and crushed, then fermented spontaneously on indigenous yeast with twelve days of skin contact. Eighteen months in French oak. 13% alcohol.

Fresh black fruit and plum on the nose. The palate is full-bodied and closes long.

Serve at 16 ºC. Cellaring 2020–2035. Pairs with cured ham, pata negra, aged cheese, game stew and smoked sausage. First vintage produced: 2018.

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