Assuming you have a sense of humour and some knowledge of wine perhaps you chuckle when reading “Reserve”, “Private Reserve”, “Private Selection”, “Estate” or “Stomped with Clean Feet”? Most often these terms are pure marketing with no true significance, but I venture to say they sucker many a buyer in with their tinge of importanceContinue reading “RKS Portuguese Wine: More Label Malarky: 2022 Prunus from the Dão: Stomped with Clean Feet?”
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RKS PORTUGUESE WINE: Ravasqueira Encantado Red
A blend of Syrah, Touriga Franca and Alicante Bouschet. Grown in clay-limestone soils with rocky influence of granite and schist. The vinification of the Syrah and Touriga Franca was in open stainless steel lagares and the Alicante Bouschet in stainless steel fermenting tanks. The blend was aged 8 months in new French oak barrels. TheContinue reading “RKS PORTUGUESE WINE: Ravasqueira Encantado Red”
