 | | Monte das Servas | | Colheita Seleccionada Red 2009 | One of the oldest wine-growing families in the Alentejo region, the Serrano Mira family proudly owns and runs an estate deep in the heart of rural Portugal, stretching across 200 hectares of vines aged between 20 and 60 years.
The cellar, located in the Herdade das Servas property, in sun-drenched Estremoz, features top-of-the-range grape-gathering, winemaking and wine-ageing technology, able to produce highly distinctive wines. | Where to buy
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| | Classification | Regional Alentejo Wine | | Type | Red | | Grape varieties | 20% Aragonez
25% Alicante Bouschet
40% Touriga Nacional
15% Trincadeira | | Region | Estremoz | | Soil type | Red schist and schist-clay | | Winemakers | Luís Mira/Tiago Garcia | | Tasting notes | Dark-ruby coloured, it exhibits intense ripe fruit aromas. The palate is complex, delivering a well-balanced flavour and a pleasant, lingering finish. | | Alcohol content | 14.5% | | Total acidity | 5.3 g/l of tartaric acid | | Residual sugar | 3.4 g/l | | pH | 3.61 | | Pairing | Red meat and game, strong flavoured cheese and pork sausage. Best served decanted at a temperature of 16-18 ºC. | | Awards | Best Alentejo Wine – Revista de Vinhos (CS 2001)
Bronze Medal – Decanter World Wine Awards (CS 2003) | | | |
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