Miolo Tannat

FAMILY VINEYARDS TANNAT
Grape Variety: Tannat
Region: Rio Grande do Sul - Brazil ( Border Brazil Argentina)
Tasting Notes
Color
This wine presents a high color intensity with ruby-red and purple tones.
Aroma
It has a fruit aroma, emphasizing red fruits and spices, perfectly integrated with the wood of the oak, giving the wine a touch of complexity.
Taste
It is well structured in the mouth, with a striking presence of its tannins, reflecting the typical characteristics of the tannat grape, but at the same time rounded and smooth, giving the wine a velvety touch.
Technical Characteristics
Manual selection of bunches on selection table
De-stemming of bunches in de-stemmer, leaving grapes whole
Gravity-feed tank filling
Cold maceration (criomaceration) at 8 degrees centigrade with whole grape for 4 days
Temperature-controlled alcoholic fermentation at 25-30 degrees centigrade, with 4 to 6 ''Pigeages'' per day for slow extraction of color and tannins and 1 delestage for color stabilization.
Post-fermentation maceration for 10 to 15 days
Racking by gravity
Complete spontaneous malolactic fermentation 30% of the wine aged in American oak casks and the rest in stainless tanks.
Alcohol: 13.8 %
Service: The ideal temperature to serve is 16ºC.