Três Parcelas Touriga Nacional, Quinta da Romaneira 2021
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Why this wine
Touriga Nacional is Port's finest grape, increasingly bottled as a dry red. Floral, dark and firmly tannic.
At a glance
- Grape
- Touriga Nacional
- Region
- Douro, Portugal
- Alcohol
- 14.00%
- Body
- Full
- Acidity
- Medium
- Tannins
- High
- Sweetness
- Dry
- Drink
- Long (10-20 yrs)
- Pairs with
- Red Meat, Cheese
How it tastes
Deep, powerful colour, then wild berries and violets with subtle pepper, herbs and chocolate. Pronounced oak aromas ride on a sturdy, robust tannic backbone — a varietal wine poised for long ageing. Touriga Nacional 100%.
The producer
Romaneira dates from 1757 and is one of the Douro's largest estates: 412 hectares with three kilometres of river frontage and 86 hectares of terraced vines across many small valleys and exposures, all on laminated schist that drains freely and lets roots dig deep. Christian Seely led its purchase in 2004 and, with André Esteve as his partner since 2012, has rebuilt and replanted extensively; a new winery was built in 2005 and winemaker Carlos Agrellos has succeeded his uncle António. Everything is made from estate fruit alone. Três Parcelas takes Touriga Nacional from three south-facing plots — Apontador at 253–303 metres, Tomba Chapéus at 155–241 and Mina at 185–222 — fermented eight days in steel, through malolactic, then aged 12 months in 225-litre French oak, 20% new, 45% second-year and 35% third.
Food and drinking
Good with roast lamb, beef stew, grilled sardines with peppers and hard cheeses. Drinking now with a long decant and built to develop for ten years or more. Serve at 16–18°C. Suitable for vegetarians; not suitable for vegans.