Howard’s Folly Sonhador 2016 Red Wine

Red wine – Alentejo Wines Region - Portalegre

This Howard’s Folly Sonhador Red 2015 is a red wine from the Alentejo region.

A blend that combines the red grape varieties Alicante Bouschet, Syrah, Aragonês and Touriga Nacional.

Howard’s Folly Sonhador Red 2015 is a wine that results from the harvest carried out in Vineyards located in Portalegre to the northeast of Alentejo in the granitic foothills of the Serra de São Mamede.

In the production of Howard’s Folly Sonhador Red 2015, the final result is obtained by combining fresh high-altitude grapes and granite soils that combine to give wines of great finesse with structure, intense aromas and freshness.

At harvest, the grapes are selected with rigorous criteria, manually and transported in 15 kg boxes with a yield of 4-5 tons / hectare.

Winemaking is characterized by a process that begins with destemming, soft crushing, fermentation in small batches of 4 tonnes in stainless steel tanks with regular pumps and delestage at temperatures 23-25 ​​° C.

Finally, we highlight 9 months of oak barrels and bottling in June 2017.

Tasting note: On this Howard’s Folly Sonhador Red 2015 on the nose we register fresh aromas of red fruits and plum with elegant, intense and spicy fruit on the palate highlighting the freshness, very characteristic of Wines from the Portalegre Region.

Grape varieties / variety: Alicante Bouschet, Syrah, Aragonês and Touriga Nacional.

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Responsible for oenology: David Baverstock

Awards: This Producer won the Portuguese Red Wine Trophy in both 1999 and 2002 Desafios international wines, in addition to the oenologist of the year (Portugal) 1999, the first non-Portuguese. He is the chief winemaker for the world famous Herdade do Esporão.

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