Barao de Villar Baronesa De Vilar Touriga Nacional 2014

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    Vintage
    2014

    Size
    750ML

    ABV
    13%

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    Barao de Villar

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    Barao de Villar, Portugal
    For a long time the ancestors of the Baron of Vilar have been devoting themselves to Port wine, but it was much later, in 1828, that the title was conferred.

    Both families, Kopke and Van Zeller, which followed this title, besides being linked by family, had a very important role in the Port Wine Trade by creating their own companies and by working on, for instance, Quinta do Noval, among others.

    In 1996, the Baron of Vilar decided to register the title "Barão de Vilar" (in Portuguese) to use it for Port Wine and other top quality wines, in order to perpetuate the family wine tradition and to promote the result of centuries of enological practices. Soon after, the Baron founded the company "Barão de Vilar - Vinhos, S. A." with office at Vila Nova de Gaia and started to produce wines from the Douro region in S. João da Pesqueira and Torre de Moncorvo.

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    Gaining great popularity for its bold but beautifully aromatic dry red wines, Touriga Nacional is the noblest variety in Port wine. Most likely originating from the Dão region, today it grows throughout the Douro Valley as well. Somm Secret—As many as 80 grape varieties can be used to make Port wine, each contributing something unique to the resulting blend. Touriga Nacional adds great color, tannins and aromatics.

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    The home of Port—perhaps the most internationally acclaimed beverage—the Douro region of Portugal is one of the world’s oldest delimited wine regions, established in 1756. The vineyards of the Douro, set on the slopes surrounding the Douro River (known as the Duero in Spain), are incredibly steep, necessitating the use of terracing and thus, manual vineyard management as well as harvesting. The Douro's best sites, rare outcroppings of Cambrian schist, are reserved for vineyards that yield high quality Port.

    While more than 100 indigenous varieties are approved for wine production in the Douro, there are five primary grapes that make up most Port and the region's excellent, though less known, red table wines. Touriga Nacional is the finest of these, prized for its deep color, tannins and floral aromatics. Tinta Roriz (Spain's Tempranillo) adds bright acidity and red fruit flavors. Touriga Franca shows great persistence of fruit and Tinta Barroca helps round out the blend with its supple texture. Tinta Cão, a fine but low-yielding variety, is now rarely planted but still highly valued for its ability to produce excellent, complex wines.

    White wines, generally crisp, mineral-driven blends of Arinto, Viosinho, Gouveio, Malvasia Fina and an assortment of other rare but local varieties, are produced in small quantities but worth noting.

    With hot summers and cool, wet winters, the Duoro has a maritime climate.

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