Description
Grape: Touriga Nacional
Glorious red grape Touriga Nacional is the main variety of the legendary Ports of Portugal, while today it is used more and more in dry wines. Wine Art Estate is the first wine producer to officially cultivate it in Greece, while the plantings throughout the country remain limited.
Winemaking
Cold soak of the skins to the juice prior to fermentation for a few days to transfer noble phenols and structure from the grapes, before the “appearance” of alcohol. Fermentation takes place in stainless steel tanks with regular pumping-over to extract color and tannins. After the malolactic conversion, the wine is transferred to French oak barrels, 50% new, for the final stage of 12month maturation.