Hi there fellows!
Once again it is time for some “Happening Now Tasting” material!
This time I'd like to enter the realm of the grand variety Touriga
Nacional. No doubt there are magnificent dry products from Douro, Dao
and all the others. Today however, it is capital - and surroundings -
time. Until 2009 all wines from this large and not so well received
region were mostly named after the historical central province
Extremadura. Nowadays there are a few VRs surrounding the capital
city. More precisely today's wine comes from the Lisboa VR. It is a
100% short term fermented and aged (8 to 10 days resp. approx. 6
months) Touriga Nacional from approx. twelve year young vines. The
vines were cultivated on clayey-calcareous soils of Quinta do
Carneiro in Alenquer about 50 km north of Lisbon. Let's check it out
… if it is going to make my Halloween Night!?!
6:14 pm CET (just opened)
Colour: mostly intransparent dark
garnet red straight to the rim which seems very lush and super vital
Nose: gently and intensely perfumed
nose with plenty of red currant and huckleberry fragrances, a fine
freshness providing infusion of lime, traces of slightly hard'ish and
dark wood and a few indications of semi brown earth – right now the
nose it totally dominated by those mentioned ripe and lean appearing
fruit fragrances, underlying characteristics might appear in a while
… might
Taste: totally dominated by very deeply
gripping and expressive fruit flavours – however surprisingly
precise ones - same aromas as the nasal ones; no real indications for
a underlying mineral touch; rather present and still relatively
strong tannins; structurally a firm but not super concentrated
Touriga Nacional with nice freshness and vitality; no oak - alcohol
or sweetness issues at all, right now just a bit too much domination
by those very intense fruit flavours
7:44 pm
Nose: apart of the already mentioned a
few herbal/spicy semi sweet pastry fragrances are about to evolve,
besides that a few fruitful and slightly ethereal bramble'ish touch
is hitting the nasal stage as well
Taste: those nasal bramble aromas are
showing on the palatal as well, here a bit more dusty and even a bit
more ethereal; here those pastry aromas are not that distinct, I am
under the impression to taste a few high volume chocolate'y flavours
in combination with cinnamon flavours not so much of pure pastry stuff
9:22 pm
Nose: right now the lime
characteristics seem to “reinforce” again; the pastry declined; a bit more semi dark
brown earth and pepper'ish herbs, too; overall no real substantial
change
Taste: the sweetness of the those
mentioned berry flavours seems a bit more present and slightly out of
balance; more and stronger fresh lime flavours on the palate, too; traces of
minor savage and sweaty animallike flavours are evolving – just
traces; maybe a few flinty washed stone characteristics, too
10:41 pm
No significant changes.
Perhaps one more update tomorrow evening ...
For now, most definitely a
physic enriching power, however not really heavy, redster with a
certain tang of fruitful sublimity to elegantly fight off those nasty
Halloween spirits I've just watched on the box. Decent **** stuff for
little money! A bit unusually lean, anyway I just love this variety!
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