Herdade do Esporão
Esporão Touriga Nacional 'TN' Vinha do Badeco 2017 750ml
Esporão Touriga Nacional 'TN' Vinha do Badeco 2017 750ml
PORTUGAL : ALENTEJO : VINHA DO BADECO
Touriga Nacional
FULL-BODIED, TOBACCO, LICORICE, BLACK PLUM, SMOKE, NEW OAK
The Vinha do Badeco is a 1.03-hectare parcel inside Herdade do Esporão's estate, planted in 1988 — among the oldest Touriga Nacional vines in Alentejo. Hand-harvested on September 12, 2017, foot-trodden in traditional marble lagares, and aged for a year in new French oak before a minimum two years in bottle. Bottled July 2019; by the time it left the winery the wine had already had time to settle into itself.
Wine Enthusiast called it "a full, rich and spicy wine" with "ripe berry flavors filled with concentration and a peppery edge." The residual sugar sits at 2.2 g/l — firmly dry — with the structural tannin to carry another decade of development.
PAIRINGS :
| Grilled lamb chops with rosemary | the Alentejo pairing; tannins cut the fat, smoke echoes the char |
| Braised short ribs | concentrated fruit and smooth tannins built for long-braised beef |
| Aged Serpa cheese with chouriço | salt and fat draw out the dark fruit; the classic Portuguese table approach |
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