Herdade Do Esporao - Touriga Nacional TN 2015

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Producer	Herdade Do Esporao
Country	Portugal
Region	Alentejo
Varietal	Touriga Nacional
Vintage	2015
Sku	12104100
Size	750ml

 

Touriga Nacional is a noble Portuguese grape variety. Produces intense, balanced wines with good ageing potential. This wine is from one of the oldest vineyards of Touriga Nacional in Alentejo – Badeco vineyard in Herdade do Esporão. It represents the singularity of the grape variety and the characteristics of the single vineyard combined with the experience of the ones who take care of the vineyard and the wine.

SOIL: Derived from schist of a sandy to silty-loam texture

GRAPE VARIETIES: Touriga Nacional

VINIFICATION / MATURATION: Hand-picked. Harvested on 9 September 2015. Foot-trodden. Fermented in marble Lagares. Then transferred to concrete tanks where it finishes the fermentation. Aged in new French oak barrels for one year, followed by two years in bottle.

Its roots go back to Badeco Vineyard, at Herdade do Esporão, in 1988 and is probably the oldest vineyard with this grape in the Alentejo region.

It is a wine that is only produced in exceptional years and the outcome of intense experimentation and collaboration between the winemaking and viticulture teams at Herdade do Esporão. This involves the vinification of small blends of the same grape variety from different plots, in which the final goal is to understand and enhance the character of each grape associated with the type of soil and microclimate where it is grown.

The result of the continuous trials is the launch of such unique wines, each variety producing limited quantities.

AROMA: Blueberry, blackberry, and plum fruit aromas, some coffee notes with subtle toasty oak.

PALATE: Intense, long and with texture, balance, and persistence.