Quinta do Vesuvio Douro Red

• Varieties: 75% Touriga Nacional, 22% Touriga Franca, 3% Tinta Amarela
• Type: Red
• Region: Douro, Portugal
• Alcohol Level: 14.4%

Wine Description:

Touriga Nacional is one of the two most important grape varieties for the Vesuvio red wine. These vines are grown in the Quinta Nova vineyard located at 450 metres altitude, with a fine westerly aspect. This area of the estate was acquired for Vesuvio by Dona Antonia Ferreira in the mid-19th century. Little can she have imagined how valuable these high vineyards would be for the estate’s red wines in the 21st century.

Tasting Note:

Gorgeous floral notes of roses with traces of lavender and fennel in the background. Further aromas of great purity suggest pine needles, forest floor and peppercorn. Sumptuous and intense palate with compact and succulent fruit balanced by focused acidity that provides definition and fine balance. The polished tannins underwrite the complex structure of this seductive, beautifully crafted wine.