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Touriga

Touriga Wine Details
Price: $17.95 per bottle

Description: This rich, full bodied red is round and velvety with bright cherry and currant. Perfect served with steaks and bold enough to compliment rich dishes such as steak au poivre or osso buco.

Varietal Definition
Touriga Nacional:
Found in California and South Africa, this fiercest and best of the port grapes has also been successfully transplanted to Australia for fortified wine production. The vine produces grapes with small, darkly-pigmented berries. Notorious for low yields, attributes like its intense rich fruit personality make this grape a highly-regarded and sought after varietal. In addition to being important in port production, it is also increasingly significant in the rich, red table wines of Portugal’s Dao and Douro valleys.


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