the… “Elegance of Outrora”
This wine was born of the centenarian Baga vines that we found in Bairrada. It is limited production of a specific parcel of our vineyard in the valley of Cadoiços. In this clay area the old vines haven imposing size and the grapes hold a unique freshness. We decided to make a different wine of this micro-terroir. A fresher, less matured wine, thinking about the purity and elegance of the variety.
The 2015 VINTAGE
It was a generally hot and dry year but the winter and the month of September where much cooler and wet. These grapes were harvested by hand on September 10, before the rain, in their perfect point of ripening and sanity. The result is a crystal clear wine of great finesse that is pure pleasure to drink.
Winemakers: Nuno do Ó & João Soares
Technical Sheet
REGION: D.O.C. BAIRRADA
VINTAGE: 2015
VARIETY: BAGA (100%)
N° BOTTLES: 2000
PRODUCER: V PURO
CLIMATE: Mediterranean with Atlantic influence. High temperature diferences with hot days and cold nights.
SOIL: Clay and limestone.
VINIFICATIION: Fermeted in open lagar with 10% of stems and it ends the fermentation in the barrels.
MATURATION: 12 months in French oak used barrels.
Bottled in September 2016 and maturing in the bottle ever since.
ANALYSIS
Alcohol: 12%
pH: 3,20
Total acidity: 7,2 g/l
Volatile acidity: 0,61 g/l
Residual sugar: 2,9 g/l
TASTING NOTES
Cristalline appearance and a fantastic open red ruby color. It reveals the aroma of the iodine and clay mineralogy of the variety and cherry notes as well as a fine vegetable and flowery freshness, with silky tannins, hints of fruit, salty notes, spices and an Atlantic acidity that supports the wine throng a very long after taste.
OTHER NOTES
This wine has a good bottle ageing potential.
Store bottles laying down in a cool place (15-17°C).
Drink at 17-18°C.