Producer: Niepoort
Variety: Touriga Nacional, Jaen, Alfrocheiro
Vintage: 2013
Region: Dao, Portugal
RRP: $25
ABV: 12.5%
APPEARANCE
- Clarity: Clear
- Intensity: Medium
- Colour: Ruby
- Other observations: Pale rim
NOSE
- Condition: Clean
- Intensity: Medium
- Aroma characteristics:
Juicy fresh fruit, floral - violets, dried herbs, blackberry, blueberry, boysenberry.
Development: This wine is developing
PALATE
- Sweetness: Dry
- Acidity: Medium
- Tannin: Medium
- Alcohol: Medium
- Body: Medium
- Flavour intensity: Medium
- Flavour characteristics:
Similar to the nose, blackberry, blueberry, violets, dark cherry.
Other observations: Very well balanced, easy drinking. No obvious oak influence. This wine has been fermented in stainless and aged in cement tanks.
- Finish: Medium
CONCLUSIONS
- Quality level: Good
- Level of readiness: Drink now. Suitable for short term aging (3 years) but probably won't improve too much with age.
