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2018 Quinta Do Crasto - Douro Touriga Nacional
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2018 Quinta Do Crasto - Douro Touriga Nacional

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2018 Quinta Do Crasto - Douro Touriga Nacional (750ml)
97 Points
"The 2018 Touriga Nacional was aged for 16 to 18 months, depending on which of two plots, in 90% new oak. It comes in at just 14.6% alcohol. More flavorful and aromatic than its sibling, the Touriga Franca, this is otherwise along the same lines. This Touriga Nacional maintains the Franca's mid-palate finesse, as well as the feeling it projects that it is the crushed essence of the grape. There's a little oak present, but not as much as you might think. This, too, will absorb the oak even better with a couple of years in the cellar, but the wood is very well handled. It is not really intrusive even now, and there is no "drenched in vanilla" demeanor at all. The tannins are very ripe, but with aeration this becomes much firmer on the finish, proving that it has the structure to age"
—Mark Squires-Wine Advocate
Appellation: Douro
Vintage: 2018
Variety: Misc Red
Region: Douro
Country: Portugal
Bottle Size: 750ml
Producer: Quinta Do Crasto
Quinta Do Crasto
2018 Quinta Do Crasto - Douro Touriga Nacional (750ml)
97 Points
"The 2018 Touriga Nacional was aged for 16 to 18 months, depending on which of two plots, in 90% new oak. It comes in at just 14.6% alcohol. More flavorful and aromatic than its sibling, the Touriga Franca, this is otherwise along the same lines. This Touriga Nacional maintains the Franca's mid-palate finesse, as well as the feeling it projects that it is the crushed essence of the grape. There's a little oak present, but not as much as you might think. This, too, will absorb the oak even better with a couple of years in the cellar, but the wood is very well handled. It is not really intrusive even now, and there is no "drenched in vanilla" demeanor at all. The tannins are very ripe, but with aeration this becomes much firmer on the finish, proving that it has the structure to age"
—Mark Squires-Wine Advocate
Appellation: Douro
Vintage: 2018
Variety: Misc Red
Region: Douro
Country: Portugal
Bottle Size: 750ml
Producer: Quinta Do Crasto