Grape - Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz (Tempranillo), Touriga Franco
Alcohol - 13.5%
From - Waitrose
Price - £11
Appearance - Clear; medium+ intensity; garnet
Nose - Clean; medium intensity; developing; lots of plums
Palate - Dry; medium+ tannin; medium+ alcohol; medium+ body; medium to medium+ length, medium intensity; Cherries, plum, bramble.
Balance - 8 Length - 6.5 Intensity - 7.5 Complexity - 6.5
We had this with a mushroom roast, veg and gravy. This was a good match, and brought the blackberry more to the fore. We drank it slowly over the evening, having decanted first for an hour, and as time went on the black cherry flavour really came through, making it very pleasant to the end.
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