Red Wine Ameias Touriga Nacional, 2013

Monovarietal red wine Touriga Nacional

Varieties: Touriga Nacional
Soil/Terroir: Sandy soil
Pruning system: Integrated production
Average Age of Vines: 10 years
Media Production: 6 hl/ha

WINEMAKING: Fermentation in concrete mills at an average temperature of 25ºC.
Long maceration in order to extract maximum color pigments and tannins.

AGING: 4 months in American heavily toasted oak barrels.

ANALYSIS

Alcohol content: 14% VOL
Total acidity: 4.9 g/l
Reducing sugar: < 2 g/l

SERVING SUGGESTIONS: Should be served at a temperature of 16ºc with full-fat cheese, red meat and game.

Organoleptic Characterization

Visual Appearance: intense ruby color.
Appearance olfactory: Black fruit and some vanilla aromas.
Appearance taste: soft, rounded and balanced wine.

Awards:

• Commended – IWC 2014
• Bronze Tambuladeira , Portuguese Sommmeliers Association 2014
• Vinallies d’Argent 2013
• Silver Selection, best at Prowein
• Commended – International Wine Challenge, 2010

The Grapes

Touriga Nacional

Touriga Nacional is a very known and well-appreciated grape varietal, perhaps the most celebrated one in Portugal, having been disseminated to practically every region in the country.

Its thick skin, rich in natural tint, provides intense color to its wines.

The abundance of primary aromas is a characteristic of this grape variety, presenting both floral and fruity and always intense and penetrating.

Touriga Nacional is the fourth most planted grape in the Setubal Peninsula.

It produces full bodied wines with powerful and exceptional aromatic qualities, providing a soft, warm flavor dominated by notes of ripe berries, such as blackberry and blueberry, with floral nuances that resemble violet, rosemary and cistus flower at times.

It produces harmonious wines with a strong alcohol level and excellent aging ability, gaining aromatic complexity when aged in barrel.