APICIUS 2012 Late Bottled Vintage Port

exPort

“Dark, ruby-red colour with shades of purple. Powerful and complex nose with intense aromas of blackberries and raspberries, dark cherries, blackcurrants and notes of violets and fennel with earthy and spicy hints. Smooth and full-bodied palate with intense flavours of jammy black fruit, spices and earthy notes with a balsamic hint of liquorice.” – Mar 2018

Product ID: 1755 Category: Product ID: 997

Description

SHIPPER exPort
BRAND OWNER exPort
ORIGIN Portugal (Douro Wine Region)*
APPELLATION Port
CLASSIFICATION Protected Designation of Origin
CATEGORY Late Bottled Vintage
COLOR Red
VINTAGE 2012

*the Douro Wine Region comprises two Protected Designations of Origin – Douro and Port; and the Protected Geographical Indication Regional Douro

OENOLOGY
Proprietary blend made from full-bodied wines from the 2012 harvest that matured for 4 years in large used barrels of several types of wood and in stainless-steel vats; the blend is made observing the character of the brand; then it is filtered and bottled.

PACKAGING MATERIALS / SPECIFICATIONS
Bottle glass / labeled – serigraph coating on waterproof textured paper
Closure natural cork / plastic bar-top
Capsule plastic / rotogravure printed
Case carton / flexography printing
Pallet wood / EPAL

GRAPE VARIETIES
The main grape varieties are Tinta Roriz, Touriga Nacional and Sousão but several others may be present.

SOILS
Predominantly schist soils.

PHYSICOCHEMICAL ANALYSES
Alcohol content 19%vol.
pH 3,63
Total acidity 4,1g/l (tartaric acid)
Residual sugars 104g/l

SERVICE
Serve at a temperature between 12 – 16ºC / 53,6 – 60,8ºF.

PACKAGING LOGISTICS
Bottle capacity (ml) 750
Bottle N.W. (g) 785
Bottle G.W. (g) 1160
Bottles/case (units) 6
Case dimensions (mm) 240 x 155 x 290
Case G.W. (g) 7125
Cases/pallet (units) 100
Pallet dimensions (cm) 120 x 80 x 130
Pallet G.W. (Kg) 738
UPC (EAN-13) 5600313699110
SCC (EAN-14) 15600313699117