Francelina Vinho Tinto - Markus Schneider

Markus Schneider's Francelina Vinho Tinto was born out of a friendship with Portuguese winemaker Dirk Niepoort. 

This wine reveals a bright, crimson color in the glass. Held at a slight angle, the red wine glass reveals a charming purple hue at the rims. Ideally poured into a Bordeaux glass , this red wine from Portugal flatters wonderfully expressive aromas of blueberry, black currant, mulberry and morello cherry, rounded out by cocoa bean, black tea and cinnamon contributed by aging in wooden barrels.

This Portuguese wine delights with its elegantly dry flavor and was bottled with little residual sugar. This Portuguese enchants naturally with all dryness with the finest balance. Balanced and complex, this fleshy and velvety red wine presents itself on the palate. In the finish, this well storable red wine from the wine-growing region Douro & Porto finally inspires with considerable length. Once again, hints of mulberry and blueberry show.

Vinification of the Francelina Vinho Tinto by Markus Schneider

The basis for the balanced Francelina Vinho Tinto from Douro & Porto are grapes from the Tempranillo, Tinto Cão, Tinta Francisca, Touriga Nacional and Touriga Franca varieties. The grapes grow in optimal conditions in Douro & Porto. The vines here dig their roots deep into soils of sedimentary and weathered rock.

After harvesting, the grapes are immediately transferred to the press house. Here they are selected and carefully crushed. Then fermentation takes place at controlled temperatures. The fermentation is followed by aging for several months in large wooden barrels.

Food recommendation for the Markus Schneider Francelina Vinho Tinto

This Portuguese red wine is best enjoyed at a temperature of 15 - 18°C. It is perfect as an accompanying wine to Boeuf Bourguignon, vegetable couscous with beef meatballs or pumpkin casserole.

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