Winery Rio SolGran Reserva Alicante Bouschet
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with
The Gran Reserva Alicante Bouschet of the Winery Rio Sol is in the top 10 of wines of Vale do São Francisco.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Gran Reserva Alicante Bouschet of Winery Rio Sol in the region of Bahia often reveals types of flavors of oak, black fruit or dried fruit.
Details and technical informations about Winery Rio Sol's Gran Reserva Alicante Bouschet.
Discover the grape variety: Arrufiac
Arrufiac or Arrufiat is an old white grape variety that has existed since the 17th century and is part of the AOC Pacherenc de Vic-Bilh and Côtes-Saint-Mont in the South-West. It gives a wine rich in alcohol with a very characteristic nose. 100 hectares of Arrufiac are currently planted in France.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Gran Reserva Alicante Bouschet from Winery Rio Sol are 2015, 2014, 0
Informations about the Winery Rio Sol
The Winery Rio Sol is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 30 wines for sale in the of Vale do São Francisco to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Vale do São Francisco
The Vale do São Francisco ("Valley of Saint Francis") is a river valley in the state of Bahia, eastern Brazil. The most remarkable thing about the valley as a wine region is its equatorial latitude, just 9°S. This places it only 1000 kilometers (625 miles) South of the Equator, and 2400km (1500 miles) North of Brazil's core winelands in Rio Grande do Sul. The Climate here is classified as semi-arid tropical.
The wine region of Bahia
Bahia is one of Brazil's 26 states, located in the middle of the vast country's east (Atlantic) coast. Despite its proximity to the Equator, Bahia is home to wine producing Grapevines. These are almost exclusively located in the Vale do São Francisco, one of the world's most extreme wine regions. However Bahia's agricultural economy is focused much more heavily on cacao (of which it is Brazil's main producer) and soybeans.
The word of the wine: Thinning
Also known as green harvesting, the practice of removing excess bunches of grapes from certain vines, usually in July, but sometimes later. This is often necessary, but not always a good thing, as the remaining bunches often gain weight.
