Quinta da Boavista Touriga Nacional Tinto 2017

Every year, the oenology team decides to bottle one or two monovarietal wines, with grape varieties that stood out that year. As in 2013, when the first wines from Quinta da Boavista were launched, in 2017 the choice was the Touriga Nacional, the ‘flagship grape variety’ of Portugal, that continues to stand out as one of the most noble of the Portuguese grape varieties.

Grape Varieties: 100% Touriga Nacional

Tasting Notes: Intense ruby in colour, the wine reveals rich and exuberant aromas, with floral notes that stand out in a background of wild berries and mentholated notes. Vigorous and complex in the mouth, with mature tannins and an elegant, fresh, assertive structure. A powerful and intense wine that gradually reveals its secrets over the tasting.

Vinification: To ensure the prevalence of the variety’s characteristics and the full control of the process, at Quinta da Boavista we use manual harvesting and manual grape sorting processes, followed by a gentle berry de-stalk and crush. As fermentation reservoirs we have the traditional granite wine presses with foot treading, stainless steel fermentation vats and, for small batches, PVC food containers or fermentation in new 500 litre French wooden barrels. Each of these types of fermentation gives the wine a unique style and personality. Monovarietals age in 500 liter barrels for 15 to 20 months before bottling. All our wines are sealed under natural cork. This wine is not filtered or cold-stabilized and that is why it can produce a sediment with age.

Perfect with: Red meat, game or cheese dishes. Best served at 16ºC-18ºC.

Winemakers: Rui Cunha and Jean-Claude Berrouet.

Awards: 93/100 Robert Parker