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DENOMINATION
Madeira D.O.P
GRAPE VARIETIES
Tinta Negra
VINEYARDS AND VINIFICATION
Grapes sourced in São Vicente area. Grapes were pressed in a continuous press.
LOT
Mário Barbeito, Ricardo Diogo’s grandfather, had a very special relationship with the wines made from the Tinta Negra grape. With this 1996 he continued to do what he had already done with the colheita from 1995. That is, letting this Tinta Negra 1996 aging by the canteiro process in two old French oak casks, each with capacity of 850 liters. In April 2013, 1055 bottles have been filled, all individually numbered.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Alcohol: 19,10% vol.
Baumé: 3,1
Total sugar: 88,7 g/l
Volatile acidity: 0,90
pH: 3,39
SERVING & CELLARAGE
This wine was naturally aged in cask and bottled in its purest state. To show it at its best serve between 13oC and low room temperature 14oC. If you get a chance to aerate the wine, it will help the Madeira to show its best. This wine was filtered and does not require decanting. It was bottled ready for drinking and it will last and maintain in good condition several months once opened.
TASTING NOTES
Amber colour.
Hints of apricot and plum, some dry leaf. From the background notes of brown sugar and a light caramel. Viscous entry with an excellent dryness towards a long spicy ending.
Excellent as a digestif.
Rich Fruit and Sponge Cakes, Chocolate, Crystallized Fruit, Foie-gras and Cheese.
