This is a varietal Touriga Nacional that I tasted some years ago, during a tasting of ports as well as table wines. Touriga Nacional is considered one of if not the finest red wine grape of Portugal and it plays a very important part in making port. It is also increasingly used for dry table wines in Douro as well as in Dao. A vigorous vine which gives low yields with concentration in the harsh conditions of the Douro (even then severe pruning is still needed), the small berries produce intense wines with high extract and tannins, and flavours of black fruit.
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