Chaminé

History

Chaminé - pronounced: sha-min-E; translation: chimney.

The name Chaminé originates from one of our vineyard plots - ‘Chaminé de Gião’, where originally the grapes used in the wine were grown.

This is our most popular wine, boasting a consistent track record, which has attracted many fans both in Portugal and abroad. A juicy, ripe, easy drinking, lighter bodied style of wine, which also happens to be lower in alcohol. Chaminé is bottled early, usually within 6 months of harvest time and without any oak ageing. Best drunk young, but will improve with short term cellaring. Mainly Aragonez and Syrah, blended with other Portuguese varieties.

Current Vintage: 2007

Click here for PDFs of past vintages: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

Vintage 2007

A cooler and delayed growing season, resulted in grapes with lower baumé, and wines with less alcohol but more elegance. Splendid weather at both the start and end of the harvest, of sunny, warm days and cool nights, was interrupted by a spell of inclement thunderstorms. The unusual September humidity dashed our hopes for a potential superlative vintage, into just a better than average year.

Vinification

Great fruit from local Portuguese varieties handpicked at optimum maturity. Fermented without stems at controlled temperature with frequent delestage (rack-and-return). This wine is filtered and bottled early to maintain clean, youthful, ripe fruit flavours.

Tasting Notes

Attractive bright red colour with purple edges. Aroma showing perfumed red berry fruits with some smoke and spice complexity. Palate very smooth and round, extremely well balanced, good texture and nice depth of ripe fruit, supple tannins, soft finish.

Varieties:Aragonez 54% (Tempranillo), Syrah 36%, Touriga Nacional 6%, Trincadeira 3 %, Cab 1%

Total Acids: 4.6

Final pH: 3.77

Residual Sugars: 4.7

Alcohol: 13.5%

Bottled on the family estate in January 2008

Total production: 1.300.000 bottles

Release date: February 2008

No barrel aging

Unique Code AVIN7033734548886

Awards

Bronze Medal - S.F. Intl Wine Competition - California 2008

Bronze Medal - Intl Wine & Spirit Competition - UK 2008

Commended - International Wine Challenge - London 2008