Florão Red 2022

Florão Red

2022

The Florão Red and White represent the most approachable wine style from the Fonte Souto estate, made with all the attention to detail and care of the other estate wines, but with a more youthful profile intended for drinking young. Their freshness, balance and structure clearly identify them as wines born of the unique Fonte Souto terroir.

The 2022 viticultural year in Portalegre was marked by low rainfall in winter and spring and a succession of heat waves during July and August, which presented some challenges in managing hydric stress. However, the vines resisted the extreme heat surprisingly well and the significant lowering of temperatures through September favoured good maturations. Generally, and the climatic challenges notwithstanding, the vintage went very well delivering balanced, very aromatically expressive wines, which reflect the altitude of Quinta da Fonte Souto.

The 207-hectare Quinta da Fonte Souto was acquired by the Symington family in 2017 and is their first vineyard outside the Douro. Lying on the slopes of the São Mamede Range at an altitude of 500 metres in the Alentejo sub-region of Portalegre, the property benefits from cooler and wetter conditions than the hot Alentejo plain. The Fonte Souto wines express the freshness and elegance provided by the altitude, as well as the structure and complexity from the estate’s extensive collection of mature, low-yielding vines.

Quinta da Fonte Souto

Florão

Alentejo Wine

Regional Alentejano Red

Regional Alentejano Prm Red

Charles Symington, Pedro Correia and Ricardo Constantino.

Quinta da Fonte Souto, Portalegre

35% Alicante Bouschet, 25% Syrah, 25% Aragonez, 10% Alfrocheiro, 5% Old vines

14.5 %

5.3 g/l (tartaric acid)

0.8 g/l

2024

75% of the blend aged 6 months in third and fourth year 400L French oak barrels.

0.7 g/l (acetic acid)

3.74

The hand-picked grapes are placed in small, shallow boxes and taken to the on-site winery. Manual sorting is followed by destemming and gentle crushing after which grapes are transferred to the fermentation vats. Fermentations are individually monitored, and the temperature and macerations are adjusted to maximise the potential of each fermenting batch.

This is a distinctly floral Florão, with rose garden scents complemented by hints of red fruits – cherry and raspberry. Impeccable balance and suppleness on the palate with well-connected acidity and fruit. The freshness of the São Mamede Range, with a touch of pine resin, underwrites the balanced and elegant aftertaste.

Ready to drink but will develop favourably in bottle for 3 or 4 years.

Contains sulphites.

Yes

Yes

88 kcal / 100 ml