Conceito Contraste 2017

Wine Type:
Style of Wine:	Smooth & Silky
Country of Origin:	Portugal
Wine Region:	Douro
Grape Varietal:	Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, and Tinta Roriz
Bottle Format:	750mL
Case Size:	12 bottles
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Tasting Notes

The 2017 Contraste Tinto is a field blend mostly (80%) from 40-year-old vines with Touriga Franca, Touriga Nacional and Tinta Roriz comprising the last 20% combined (from 60-year-old vines). It was aged for 16 months in used French oak and comes in at 14% alcohol. Fresh, pointed and subtly concentrated, this is fruit forward, but it also shows good concentration and fine focus. In this big vintage, here is another red that seems fresh rather than jammy and overripe, a sign of how well producers handled strange conditions. There are ripe tannins for support and a lovely, dry finish.

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