Harvest / Age:

2010

About:

Awards:
Touriga of the Year by "New York International Wine Competition 2013
Gold Medal "New York International Wine Competition" 2013
Silver Medal"International Wine Challenge" 2013, Silver Medal "Concours Mondial de Bruxelles" 2013
Bronze Medal "Decanter World Wine Awards" 2013

Grape Variety:

Touriga-Nacional (70%), Tinta Roriz (15%) and Jaen (15%)

Ageing:

Following vinification, the wine is aged for 6 months, in french oak casks (225 L, used 80% and new 20%), resulting in a elegant, full bodied, and aromatically complex wine

Vinification:

Produced from a blend of indigenous grape varieties of the Dão. Selected for their high quality from prime vineyard sites. The grapes, harvested at an optimum stage of ripeness, are fermented with prolonged maceration to improve aromatic complexity.

Tasting Notes:

Exuberant and complex nose, floral, wild fruit, intense cassis, blueberries, integrated wood. Mouth with excellent volume, well structured, good fruit, silky tannins, rich end, long and persistent.

Technical info:

Alcohol: 13%

Producer:

Quinta da Nespereira

Price average:

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