This is the top wine, produced from this estate. A
blend of 40% Touriga National, 30% Touriga Franca with the remaining 30% a mix
of old-vine varietals, maturation
taking place new French oak barrels of 200 and 300 litres for 12 months and alcohol comes in at 14%.
A beautiful nose on this wine, with aromas of ripe berry fruit, dried
cherries, red currants, mocha, cigar box and vanilla notes. On the mouthfeel,
full bodied almost creamy with a rich combination of fruit, burnt sugar and
spice flavours, balanced
acidity and fine grained-chewy tannins. The finish is long, intensely flavourful, smooth with
a texture that is pure velvet. An old world wine which is more tailored to a new world
palate, with a generous fruit concentration, lots of toasty oak but well
integrated at this stage. Lots of everything but no excess, a Touriga National
blend that
is easy to enjoy. Strongly recommended, score 90 points.
Purchased
June 8, 2013 LCBO Vintages New Release (317073) at $28.95
