Touriga Vai Nua

This unoaked young Touriga Nacional wine is perfumed and juicy. It has some firm fruit tannins as well as juicy freshness and acidity. The wine will age, although it will be ready soon. Drink from 2023.

Brisk purple and blue fruit, dusky spicing, alluring purple florals, riffing salt float through this unoaked touriga nacional, from 30 year old vines growing at 300-400m in schistous soils. “O Rei vai nua!” = “The king goes naked!” = Antonio Maçanita's version of unadorned Alentejo touriga nacional. Partial carbonic, and whole cluster maceration, this was native fermented in stainless, where it rested a short three months prior to release. This medium bodied red is slicked with anise, black liquorice, scrubby rock roses. Tannins are finely grippy, housing the lighter palate to a salty finish, with lingering dark plums, white pepper, and broken stones. A beauty, naked, view of the grape, especially with a light chill, and one that will blow your mind if all you're used to is oaked versions.