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Karta Red
Summary
Color: Red
Region: Douro DOC
Content: 750ml
Alcohol: 13.5%
Varieties: Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Amarela, Tinto Cão, Tinta Barroca
Tasting Notes
Tone: Ruby.
Nose: Ripe red fruits with spicy hint
Palate: Dry with juicy tannins. Fruity and spicy, good body and persistent finish.
Service Temperature: 16ºC-18ºC
Food Pairing: White meats, oven-roasted goatling and octopus, rice duck
Vinification
Vinification: Grapes harvested and selected by hand. 50% were foot trodden with fermentation beginning in granite tanks. The rest were pressed gently, with 3 days of cold maceration. Fermentation at controlled temperature.
Ageing: The foot trodden grapes f aged in French oak barrels for 6 months. The remaining batch aged in stainless steel vats.
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