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GRAPE: Touriga Nacional, Touriga FrancaCOUNTRY: Portugal
750ML
13.5% ABV
Traditional port varieties, mainly Touriga Nacional and Touriga Franca with the rest coming from old vineyard, mixed field blend. The grapes mainly come from the Lamelas vineyard planted by Tim Bergqvist more than 30 years ago. It was fermented in small stainless steel vats and then matured in Allier French oak casks for 12 months before being bottled.
On the nose, very elegant with all the elements present in a subtle way – floral undertones, soft red fruit and light spicy notes. There is a purity in the wine, good acidity & complex flavours coming from the quality of the maturation of the grapes. The wine is full of flavours of dark berry fruit, cherries and plums with underlying herbaceous aromas. With rounded tannins and good complexity, the wine lingers on the palate.
It is ideal with any meat dish or cheese, particularly spicy dishes as well as robust fish.
"50% Touriga Nacional, 30% Touriga Franca, 15% Tinta Roriz, and 5% Sousao all from La Rosa's estate, mostly from the Lamelas vineyard planted by Tim Bergqvist more than 30 years ago. Matured for 12 months in mostly used (70%) French oak casks. Bottled in June 2023. TA 5.2 g/l, pH 3.6.
Very dark, almost black, with a purplish rim. Rich, generous and dark-fruited, open and fragrant and with unmistakable Douro character, which for me is not sweetness of fruit but an impression of rocks – the dark/stony character – and the local cistus wild flowers, which gives a subtle floral/herbal quality. This is juicy, medium-bodied and with already quite smooth tannins. A recipe for early drinking but with enough structure to age for a few years. Nicely dry finish on a wine that is hard not to like. Drink to 2027."
16.5 points, Julia Harding MW, jancisrobinson.com (October 2023)
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