Carrocel

Spinning the senses, Carousel is a wine elaborated only in years when the fruit reaches a very high quality. Made 100% from Touriga Nacional, the fermentation in lagar, where the grapes rotate from lagar to lagar and the temperature "refreshes" the fermentation, produces a fresh, balanced and exuberant wine, where the grape variety shows all its potential.

Vinification

The year 2018 was a cool year until August, with the coolest July in the history of the 21st century. However, the first few days of August saw a sharp rise in temperature: August 4 was the hottest day in 21st century history (to date), and grape ripening proceeded slowly through September. Due to the water stress imposed, the plants originated musts with low alcohol content and good phenolic ripeness, with plenty of complexity and minerality. The grapes were carefully selected by manual box picking. They were vinified respecting all their nature, in stainless steel vats with total maceration for 12 days. Malolactic fermentation and aging was done in 2 year wood barrels for 24 months.