Exceptionally ripe, mouth-filling fruit, characteristic of the hot vintage with deliciously spicy Christmas cake notes, this is soft, forward and approachable, a great follow-on to the 2003 and excellent value for money.
The traditional Port grape varieties are sourced from the Quinta do Retiro estate and neighbouring growers in the Rio Torto Valley. Here old vines are planted in schistous soils. Fermentation in open granite tanks called 'lagares', where the grapes are trodden by foot. Fermentation is interrupted by the addition of grape spirit to preserve a certain degree of natural sweetness. All ageing is done in 547 litre oak barrels (the traditional 'pipe') and larger casks. Bottled 2 years after the vintage and in order to maintain richness and power they are neither fined nor filtered, therefore throwing a large amount of
Portugal (Douro)
Touriga Nacional
750ml
20%abv
Exceptionally ripe, mouth-filling fruit, characteristic of the hot vintage with deliciously spicy Christmas cake notes, this is soft, forward and approachable, a great follow-on to the 2003 and excellent value for money.
The traditional Port grape varieties are sourced from the Quinta do Retiro estate and neighbouring growers in the Rio Torto Valley. Here old vines are planted in schistous soils. Fermentation in open granite tanks called 'lagares', where the grapes are trodden by foot. Fermentation is interrupted by the addition of grape spirit to preserve a certain degree of natural sweetness. All ageing is done in 547 litre oak barrels (the traditional 'pipe') and larger casks. Bottled 2 years after the vintage and in order to maintain richness and power they are neither fined nor filtered, therefore throwing a large amount of
Portugal (Douro)
Touriga Nacional
750ml
20%abv
