Lima Mayer - Reserve

Origin Alentejo, Portugal

Winery Lima Mayer

Grape Alicante Bouchet, Syrah, Petit Verdot

Vintage / Alcohol content 2015 / 14.5%

Information & Character The year 2015, at Quinta de São Sebastião, we had a harvest of exceptional quality, which allowed us, by selecting the best grapes from Syrah, Alicante Bouchet and Petit Verdot, to create this reserve, after being aged for 18 months. 5000 bottles were produced. Fermentation in temperature-controlled steel tanks, followed by an extended maceration on the skins and 14 months in French oak barrels before bottling and 6 months in the bottle. Soft aroma of ripe fruits with notes of blackberry and blueberry, full-bodied taste, well-balanced persistent finish.

Production takes place at temperature control at 25 ºC and then extended weeks of maceration.

Soil Granite, slate, marble, limestone and on a layer of clay.

Goes with Perfect with pasta, grilled meat, cheese and charcuterie.

About the Producer

Lima Mayer wines are produced at Quinta de São Sebastião in Monforte, which was part of one of the most traditional and prestigious agricultural houses in Alto Alentejo, belonging to the Marquês da Praia and Monforte. The winery is run by Thomaz de Lima Mayer and his family, started as a family project with passion and commitment to producing a high quality wine. Here, the 600-hectare estate is located in a belt of gently rolling granite landscape mostly given over to native forests of Mediterranean cork and holm oak and bred by purebred Alentejo cattle. The hermitage, the estate is bordered by two rivers, the Almuro and the Leca, which in addition to being an important natural resource contribute to the beauty of the land.