Esporao Touriga Nacional 2015

€ 34.50

A red wine with a deep dark red color and violet hues. Intense and lively nose with dominant ripe black fruit, such as blackberry, blueberry and plum fruit aromas, some coffee notes and subtle spicy notes from oak barrel ageing. Concentrated, with ripe tannins that are well integrated, which, along with its acidity, offer a good volume, body and freshness. Persistent finish dominated by ripe fruit aromas, A wine with aging potential.

Food pairing

Excellent wine with red (grilled) meat dishes & roast beef

Grapes : 100% Touriga Nacional

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.

Hand-picked. Harvested on 9 September 2015. Foot-trodden. Fermented in marble Lagares. Then transferred to concrete tanks where it finishes the fermentation.

Maturation: in new French oak barrels for one year, followed by two years in bottle.

A dry winter followed by above average temperatures in spring and summer, gave rise to an early start of the harvest. Although temperatures continued to be high, there was no extreme heat during the vintage, and the dry conditions were excellent for fruit quality, producing wines with intense, persistent, aromatic fruit.

Alcohol content

14%

pH: 3.65

Store & Serve

A wine with a great aging potential, ideal to drink between 2020-2035. Serve at 16-18 ° C