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Wine Description
The Story
Quinta do Noval Touriga Nacional is an intense and concentrated wine, with a refined tannin structure, Touriga Nacional is distinguished by its delicacy, a characteristic of the Quinta do Noval style. It is the result of a strict selection of the best lots produced by the Quinta in a given year.
Vinification: This wine is fermented in stainless steel vats for 8 days, followed by malolactic fermentation. It is also aged in 225 liter French ...
Wine Information
This wine has a very dark color which immediately gives it power. It is very expressive with strong aromas of wild berries and violets. Slightly spicy with hints of chocolate. Very good wood aromas supported by a tannic backbone. A very expressive varietal wine that will improve in the bottle over many years.
Vintage 2020
The 2020 wine vintage in Portugal was an incredibly low-yielding, heatwave-driven, and highly concentrated year that ultimately produced small quantities of exceptionally powerful and rich wines. The growing season was plagued by an intensely hot and bone-dry summer, culminating in a scorching July that caused many grapevines to shut down to preserve moisture, drastically cutting down total crop sizes. In the Douro Valley, this heat resulted i...
