2023 Touriga Nacional

100% Touriga Nacional, sourced from the Bassham Family’s Organic and Biodynamic vineyard. One of Portugal’s most revered grapes, Touriga Nacional is famed for its perfume, structure and depth. Destemmed fruit was lightly foot-trodden to release juice for wild fermentation, with the ferment hand-plunged twice daily. After 14 days, the must was basket-pressed into 500L puncheons (10% new oak) for 10 months’ maturation, before blending in tank by gravity. 

This vintage shows Touriga in a brighter, more elegant mood — medium-bodied and fragrant, almost Loire-like in its lift. Notes of mulberry, blackcurrant leaf and wild bramble mingle with violets, tomato leaf and a twist of pepper. The palate is poised and fresh, with supple tannins, delicate oak spice and a line of acidity that carries through to a long, graceful finish.