Vinhos Borges
Dao Touriga Nacional
2021
$42.00
4 case(s) available
About this winery
In 1884, the brothers António and Francisco Borges founded a company dedicated to banking, the sale of lottery tickets and tobacco. Then in 1891, they created the Sociedade dos Vinhos Borges, a company dedicated to the production and marketing of wine. In 1904, they bought the Quinta de Solaheira vineyard in the Douro river valley, laying the first foundations for what would define their true vocation. In 1991, the company added 46 hectares with the Quinta de Simaens vineyard, followed by...
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Production notes
Grapes are destemmed and gently crushed. Brief pre-fermentation maceration is followed by pomace fermentation for 6-8 days at controlled temperature of 28 ºC, with fairly frequent pumping over, after which it is made a post-fermentation maceration for a few weeks, followed by the separation of the wine from the mass in which it fermented, thereby inducing the malolactic fermentation. The wine ages in French and American oak barrels for 12 months
Tasting notes
Dark purple color. A nose of suave berries, richly tinged with licorice with a spicy touch. Good concentration and tasty on the palate which is rich with a spicy tannin structure. Pairings with meats on the BBQ