Quinta do Montalto Lisbon regional Syrah, red, organic wine, from € 12.10

Quinta do Montalto, Syrah, red, Lisboa regional, organic wine, 2017 from € 12.10

Syrah is a high-quality red grape with small berries, a thick shell with relatively little juice, but many aromas and flavors. The organic wine Quinta do Montalto Lisbon regional Syrah is a good example of this and as you can see, it is not a blank slate:

Awards

• Silver Millesime Bio, Montpellier 2018
• Bronze International Wine Awards 2017 - Spain
• Silver Catavinum World Wine & Spirits Competition 2017 - Spain
• Silver International Wine Guide 2016 - Spain
• Silver Catavinum World Wine Spirts Competition 2016 - Spain
• Silver International Wine Guide 2015 - Spain

Organic wine - profile

• Color: concentrated ruby red
• Nose: distinctive scent of wild dark berries
• Palate: complex variety of flavors with fresh, fruity notes of red and black berries
• Serving suggestion: 16 to 18° C.. Enjoy it now with dark meet, ripe cheeses, now or in 8 years.

Organic wine - processing, Quinta do Montalto, Lisboa regional, Syrah, red

After the manual grape picking the berries are separated from the panicles, easily crushing, fermented with the skins in stainless steel tanks.  Then the young wine matures for 9 months in 225-liter barrels made of American and French oak.

The organic wine at a glance

• Wine-Type: Red wine
• Region of production: Lisboa Regional
• Producer: Quinta do Montalto
• Varietal: Syrah
• Aging: in barrique
• Bottling: Quinta do Montalto
• Quantity: 0.75 l
• Closure: Natural cork
• Alcohol: 13 % vol.
• Vegan certified
• Allergenes: containes sulphites
• Organic certified PT-BIO-02
• We source this organic wine from the Quinta do Montalto in 2435-439 Ourem, Portugal

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