Quinta Do Crasto - Touriga Nacional2020
RED WINE

Quinta Do Crasto - Touriga Nacional label

Vegan

Producer Quinta do Crasto
Blend 100% Touriga Nacional
Country Portugal
Region Douro
UPC 850069639334

Reviews

Wine Advocate 94

The exuberant, showy, perfumed and floral 2020 Touriga Nacional is a textbook example of the modern interpretation of the variety. It's ripe (14.5% alcohol), generous and combines freshness with power, mixing grapes from north and south expositions. They selected the best grapes, from two plots planted in 1985, and fermented them destemmed with indigenous yeasts in stainless steel tanks. It matured in French oak barrels for 18 months. It's juicy, has a velvety palate, a soft mouthfeel and round, elegant tannins, tasty and long. This is the most famous grape from Portugal at the moment. It's approachable but has the ingredients and the balance between them to age gracefully. 6,392 bottles, 200 magnums and 50 double-magnums produced. It was bottled in February 2023.

by LG, Wine Advocate , 2024

Technical Details

Ageing

18 Months in French oak barrels.

Appellation

Douro

Tasting notes

Deep purple in colour. Extraordinary fresh on the nose, showing lovely aromas of violet and wild berry fruit. The palate is elegant and evolves into a wine that oers excellent volume and a solid structure made of lively and fine-textured tannins. This is an appealing wine that finishes with great balance, freshness and persistence. Serve at a temperature between 16 and 18 degrees celcius.

Vinification
The grapes, coming from the best Touriga Nacional plots of Quinta do Crasto, are brought to the winery in 22 kg plastic boxes where they undergo strict selection. Aer complete destemming and slight crushing, the juice is transferred to temperature-controlled stainless-steel tanks. Once the alcoholic fermentation is completed, the juice is gently pressed.

Quinta Do Crasto - Touriga Nacional2020 RED WINE

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