Cabeças do Reguengo – Seiva 2018 – Red

Made from multiple ancient varietals, present on very old and small vineyards, located at the outskirts of Reguengo village, in Serra de S. Mamede, the unique mountain above 1000 meters altitude in the South of Portugal. The lab can indicate only a couple of varieties dominant in the wine: Alicante Bouschet, Trincadeira, Aragonez, Castelão. Those vineyards were planted in the early years of twentieth century.  The vineyards altitude ranges from 500 metros to 720 meters. The soil is a very old and eroded granite, Ordovician, and yields are very low. After the grapes were destemmed and crushed, the wine fermented with indigenous yeast in a small vat of 2000 litres. Aged for 23 months in very old French oak barrels. A truely special, heavily structured wine is the result.