2021FreireLobo‘Vigno’Tinto,Dao,Portugal

<p>Touriga Nacional (40%), Alfrocheiro (30%), Jaen (25%) and Tinta Roriz (5%)</p><p>Vineyard Area: From gently sloped vines around Elisa Freire Lobo’s home village of Oliveira do Hospital.</p><p>Soil: Sandy topsoils over granite bedrock</p><p>Elevation: 580 to 600 meters</p><p>Exposure: East-west</p><p>Vinification: Jaen and Tinta Roriz are picked together about a week to a week and a half before Touriga Nacional and Alfrocheiro. Two separate fermentations are made in open-top steel vats (after foot tread). The blend is made as soon as possible and after fermentations are complete (usually two weeks after). The wine then matures in stainless steel on the very fine lees until January. The winters are very cold and so the stabilization is made naturally in the two winters before bottling.</p>