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Depending on the year, a small amount of wine from one of the principal Douro grape varieties, Touriga Nacional or Tinta Roriz, may be kept aside to be aged in cask and bottled separately as a single varietal wine. These are top quality wines but not produced every year. The Touriga Nacional 2001 and 2004 production had 96 points on Wine Spectator. Very limited quantities. |
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| Grape variety/varieties | Touriga Nacional | ||
| Average age of vines | 25 years | ||
| Soil | Schist | ||
| Region | Douro Valley (north of Potugal) | ||
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| Grapes are hand picked, transported to the winery in small plastic craters, and submit to a very accurate quality selection before being crushed. Alcoholic fermentation with mechanical robots, in open stainless steel tanks with temperature controlled. |
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