Cabeças do Reguengo Vira Cabeças 2020 Red

In 2009, the journalist and wine critic João Afonso, arrived at the Portalegre region with the intention of collecting old vine stocks and replant them in a different location. Instead, he decided to leave the ancient vine as they were, and bought the land, in order to recreate the old methods and traditional production techniques, emphasized by the absence of chemicals, the characteristic mix of castes and the minimal wine-making processes. There are some of the reasons that makes Cabeças do Reguengo one of the most interesting viticulture laboratory of the Alto Alentejo’s legacy.

Field plot of 5 old vines (about 12 different grape varieties).
Manual harvest on September 4th. Natural fermentation in a cement vat, part of the grapes were crushed and destemmed. 3 month maceration.
Aged for 18 months in used oak barrels (1000 litres). Bottling on May 5, 2021 without collage.

Acidity 4.8 g/l
volatile 0.78 g/l
Sugar 0.6 g/l
Total SO2 78 mg/l
pH 3.70
Alcohol 13.5% Vol.