WINE CHARACTERISTICS

Classification
Regional Wine from Alentejo

Varietals
Syrah

Soil
Argillaceous shales

Type
Red

Vintage year
2005

Production of wine
21.500 bottles

Characteristics
Tasting
Highly concentrated, intensive fruit-aroma of blackberries and blackcurrant,
unobtrusive harmonic wood-note, very long lasting flavour

Vinification
Traditional fermentation in modern inox-tanks
with controlled temperatures of about 28ºC
12 month in French and American oak-barrels

Foreseen longevity
8 years

Analyses
Alcohol: 14,7% vv
Total Acidity: 6,1 g/L in tartaric acid
pH: 3,65
Residual sugars: 2,6 g/L

Service
Must be served to the temperature of 16 to 18ºC,
to complete plates of meat and cheeses

Conservation
Bottles in aired and dark place, between 12 and 13ºC
and with relative moistness close to 60%

Text for the back-side label
The HDL Syrah Reserva 2005 is a regional Alentejo wine produced
from chaste Aragonez and Syrah of grapes proceeding
from the HERDADE DOS LAGOS, situated near Mértola
Contain sulfites

Wine-maker
António Saramago