Chaminé

Facts

Juicy, deliciously ready to drink, a fun wine at a great value.

This is our most popular wine, boasting a consistent track record. A juicy, ripe, easy drinking wine, bottled early, usually within 6 months of harvest time and without any oak ageing. Best drunk young, but will improve with short term cellaring. Mainly Aragonez and Syrah, blended with other Portuguese varieties.

The name Chaminé originates from one of our vineyard plots – ‘Chaminé de Gião’, where originally the grapes used in the wine were grown.

Current Vintage: 2010

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Vintage 2010

Vintage 2010 experienced new record-breaking climatic extremes, both in winter rainfall and summer heat. A difficult growing season and harvest due to delayed ripening. Fine harvest weather.

Vinification

Well ripened fruit, fermented without stems and controlled temperature with frequent punch-down. This wine is filtered and bottled early to maintain clean, youthful, ripe fruit flavours.

Tasting Notes

Very attractive perfumed aromas of young red berry fruits. Bright, vibrant palate full of youthful fruit, good texture and finishing with a clean balanced acidity. Ready to drink.

Appellation: Vinho Regional Alentejano

Varieties: 41% Aragonez (Tempranillo), 35% Syrah, 11% Touriga Nacional, 6% Alicante Bouschet, 5% Trincadeira e 2% Petit Verdot

Total Acids: 5.2

Final pH: 3.70

Residual Sugars: 3.2

Alcohol: 13.5%

Bottled on the family estate in February 2011

Total production: 900.000 bottles 75 cl

Release date: March 2011

No barrel aging

Unique Code AVIN7251140699675[?]

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Awards

Bronze Medal – International Wine Challenge – London 2011

Gran Menzione – Vinitaly – Italy 2011