Roquette & Cazes Xisto Red 2019

VITICULTURE AND ENOLOGYThe vineyards are planted on two-tier terraces. All the grapes for the Xisto Roquette & Cazes wine were hand-harvested and come exclusively from the Cima Corgo sub-region and the Douro Superior sub-region. All the grapes were destemmed and transferred to stainless steel conical fermentation tanks, where alcoholic fermentation began at a controlled temperature. During the fermentation process, the French technique of “délestage” was used, whose main objective is to increase the skin contact surface at the moment the must/wine is drained over the cap. As a result, a concentrated and complex wine is obtained, which respects elegance and avoids rusticity.