Jose de Sousa 

José de Sousa Mayor 2004

14.9%. From a very hot season. Dried bitter red-cherry aromas, dried-out, astringent tannins, hollow-bodied from vine stress? May come right in time. (Tasted 2014) 85

Approximate blend Grand Noir (55%), Trincadeira (35%), Aragonês (10%). Foot trodden in lagars with 30% stems added to talha at fermentation. A hybrid 50/50 talha/lagar fermentation, thereafter transferred in November or December to oak barrels for 9 months. Originally from 1.8h vineyard, but recent vineyards also draw from other vineyards.