Hehn Family Sparkling Riesling Special Edition with Wooden Box Single 2014 Távora-Varosa White 75cl

✨ About the sparkling wine
Produced by Hehn & Meireles in the Távora-Varosa demarcated region, with a second fermentation in the bottle using the traditional method.

🍇 Region: DOC Távora-Varosa

👨‍🔬 Winemaker: The producer (Marcos Hehn Pinto da Silva)

🌱 Grape varieties: Riesling

🌿 Vineyards: Vineyards located between 640-720 m altitude on a gentle southeast-facing slope. Soils derived from metamorphic schist series with quartz outcrops. Sandy-loam texture with some stoniness.

🛠️ Winemaking: Process: The grapes, harvested in 20 kg boxes, were gently crushed, without destemming, in a pneumatic press. The must was immediately pumped into stainless steel fermentation tanks, where the base wine fermented. The wine was subsequently bottled and placed in a cool cellar for a second fermentation according to the classic method. After aging in the bottle, the wine underwent "dégorgement à la glace" (disgorgement with frost). Fermentation temperature: 17 to 20ºC (base wine). Fermentation equipment: Stainless steel tanks with cooling jacket (base wine). 1 year. Bottle aging on lees: 100

⏳ Aging: In bottle on lees: 100 months

🧪 Analysis:

• Alcohol content: 12.4% Vol.
• pH: 3.09
• Total acidity: 6.8 g/L tartaric acid
• Residual sugar: 5 g/L