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Wine Details
Price:
$22.00 per bottle
Description:
A blend of 92% Touriga and 8% Tempranillo, this wine is a big, bold multi-dimensional wine, with the flavor of ripe stone fruit. It is good with steak, pork, lamb—even pizza! DOUBLE GOLD AND 98 RATING AT CALIFORNIA FAIR!
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Varietal Definition
Touriga Francesa:
Lighter and more perfumed than Touriga Nacional, this highly regarded port variety is also more productive. With modest plantings of about 35 acres in California, Touriga Francesa has been described by Jancis Robinson as playing “Cabernet Franc to Touriga Nacional’s Cabernet Sauvignon
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Tempranillo:
The Tempranillo is to Rioja what Pinot Noir is to Burgundy. By far Spain's most noble indigenous grape it has similar characteristics to the Pinot - strawberries when young, earthy vegetal when mature - and it ages very well. It ripens early ('temprana' is the Spanish for 'early') is thick-skinned and gives good colour and extract but low alcohol and acidity. In Rioja it is blended with the more fiery Garnacha and a little Mazuelo and Graciano. It is grown throughout Spain but very much as a grape for blending as opposed to a straight varietal. Outside Spain the grape is quite prolific in Argentina and to a lesser extent in California.
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