This wine is a blend of 30% Touriga Nacional, 30% Touriga Franca, 30% Tinta Roriz and 10% Tinto Cão with maturation taking place in new and used French oak barrels for 12 months, bottled in May 2011 and alcohol coming in at 14.5%.
What a lovely wine of the month at Vintages. This wine opens up with a very fragrant bouquet of ripe black fruit, raisins, figs, baking spices and vanilla notes. On the mouthfeel, medium-full bodied, luscious texture, balance acidity and fine chewy tannins. Very good depth and length on the finish, slightly creamy, spicy, ripe fruit concentration with a hint of minerality. Every once in a while, I have a wine and food pairing which I think is brilliant, this case was one of them. I paired this wine with a butter chicken lasagne, the settled hot spices of the dish and the fruity character of this wine made it very interesting and enjoyable. Strongly recommended, score 90 points.
Purchased February 2, 2013 LCBO Vintages New Release (314930) at $19.95
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