{"title":"Touriga Franca","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"companhia-de-vinhos-invencivel-invincible-number-two-doc-douro-red-2021","title":"Companhia de Vinhos Invencivel Invincible Number Two DOC Douro Red 2021","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRita Marques (a young dynamic Portugese winemaker) and Marc Kent (long term cellarmaster of Boekenhoutskloof) founded Companhia de Vinhos Invencível in 2020. The two, who had previously collaborated in South Africa and Portugal, embrace now a bigger commitment, acquiring an estate in Casais do Douro.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe pair focus on old field blends of indigenous varieties from high-altitude vineyards located on the vertiginous slopes of the Douro. The free-draining, grantiic soils and extreme continental climate of the Douro allow for intensely concentrated grapes which result in complex, textural wines, bursting with personality and vigour.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Marc Kent has been making wine in the Douro since 2017 and this is the first super-premium wine. Label design by William Kentridge (who was at school with Michael Fridjhon and at university with another South African wine writer Tim James) is a very deep purple and incorporates elements from Mrs Beeton’s book. From an older portion of the red-wine vineyard and with a bit more oak. 2021 was a bit rainy. This is a barrel selection. Marc Kent: ‘Doesn’t scream Portugal to me.’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHerbal nose of the Douro. Quite subtle and very fresh. I think this is very Douro! Lots of layers and very competent texture. Drink to 2029.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e17 points. 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Succulent tannins contribute to a very long and delicious finish.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePairs perfectly with steak, venison and strong cheeses.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFoot trodden in granite lagares for an evening before being transferred to stainless-steel vats for fermentation. Matured for 20 months in used French oak casks. 60% Touriga Nacional, 40% mixed field.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe terroir in the Douro is still largely unexplored and by making wines with harmony and equilibrium from the vineyards, Quinta de la Rosa try to enable the grapes to express themselves in the bottle. The La Rosa style is to make well defined wines without too much extraction, tannin or oak. Wines that are rich and full bodied whilst being fresh and lively with a good acidity and minerality.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"50% Touriga Nacional, 47% Touriga Franca, and 3% field-blend old vines. Foot trodden in granite lagares for an evening before being transferred to stainless-steel vats for fermentation. Matured for 20 months in new (40%) and used (60%) French oak casks. Bottled in April 2024. TA 5.5 g\/l, pH 3.63.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eColour as dark as elderberry juice. Intense aroma that expresses both these Douro varieties and the rocky Douro landscape – deep and powerful dark fruit but also a stony\/rocky impression of the hot terraces, dusty in the heat. Beautifully refined, dry tannins, already elegant even though they are not fully resolved. There's a sober quality to the tannins that is the perfect counterpoint to the depth of fruit. The oak is there but not intrusive. Long, bone dry and refined. 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