Winery Quinta S. BernardoCastelão FR Tinto
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The Castelão FR Tinto of the Winery Quinta S. Bernardo is in the top 0 of wines of Ribatejo.
Details and technical informations about Winery Quinta S. Bernardo's Castelão FR Tinto.
Discover the grape variety: Lafnetscha
Native grape variety of the Swiss high Valais very old cultivated. Resulting from a natural intraspecific crossing between humagne blanche and completer, it is also related to bondola blanca, bondoletta, colombaud, ... . It should be noted that the Lafnetscha is not widely multiplied in Switzerland today, and is virtually unknown in France and even less so in other wine-producing countries.
Informations about the Winery Quinta S. Bernardo
The Winery Quinta S. Bernardo is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 8 wines for sale in the of Ribatejo to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Ribatejo
The wine region of Ribatejo is located in the region of Tejo of Portugal. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Companhia das Lezírias or the Domaine Casa Cadaval produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Ribatejo are Touriga nacional, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Fernao Pires, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Ribatejo often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, tree fruit or dried fruit and sometimes also flavors of dark fruit, leather or tobacco.
The wine region of Tejo
Tejo is a wine region in CentralPortugal which covers the same area as the Ribatejo province, just inland from the major city of Lisbon. The wine appellation's name was changed from Ribatejo in 2009. The entire region may use the Tejo VR (Vinho Regional) designation, similar to the French IGP/Vin de Pays, while some areas produce wines labeled with the higher-level Do Tejo DOC (Denominação de Origem Controlada). A Warm, Dry area, it is also Portugal's only landlocked region – although it is influenced considerably by the Tejo river.
The word of the wine: Extraction
All the methods (pumping over, punching down) that allow the colour and tannins to be extracted from the grape skin during maceration, before fermentation begins. It is also possible to macerate after fermentation, but gently, so as not to extract the tannins from the seeds, which are greener. Because of its solvent power, alcohol favours extraction.
