Wine Concept

An elegant sweet wine with well balanced acidity,resulting from late picked, dehydrated grapes.

Agriculture

Integrated Production (certificate)

Damp, stormy weather during the Spring period resulted in a lower than average grape production. A mild summer with cool nights resulted in grapes of very high quality.

SOIL TYPE
Schist mother rock with clay – loam soil.

AVERAGE AGE OF VINES
15 years

Grape Varieties

Semillon

Vinification / Maturation

Must chilling, membrane pressing, cold settling, temperature controlled fermentation in stainless steel tanks, centrifuging and cold stabilization, membrane filtration to bottle.

More Information

An experimental wine resulting from the restlessness of Herdade do Esporão’s winemakers, Late Harvest defies the laws established for the hot and sunny region of the Alentejo.

It is produced using the method employed for the sweet wines of the Sauternes region, with overripe and dehydrated Semillon grapes from our vineyard. The resulting wine is highly concentrated, rich and complex.

Vineyard

Vinha dos Perdigões

Wine Makers

David Baverstock and Sandra Alves.

Colour

Light golden straw.

Aroma

Complex and intriguing, with notes of orange peel, ripe peach and crystallized fruit.

Palate

Rich, sweet texture, unctuous, hints of dry fruit, marmalade and ripe figs, finishing with clean balancing acidity.

Sizes

375 ml

Bottling

February 2012

Alcohol/Volume

14.5 %

Total Acidity

8.2 g/l

pH

3.3

Reducing Sugar / Baumé

112 g/l