The 2017 Tinto is a 60/12 blend of Touriga Nacional and Touriga Franca with 8% Tinta Roriz, 5% Sous?o and the rest from old vines, all aged for 12 months in used French oak. It comes in at 13.4% alcohol. It is mostly sourced from the winery's Lamelas vines (about 30 years old). In a big and eccentric Douro year, this controls everything well. It's ripe and fruity, but never over the top. In fact, it has good solidity in the mid-palate as well as good balance. It also has a touch of jam in its youth and finishes with that fruit-forward demeanor. It was still a touch closed when I saw it, but it should open fast and be more or less ready by the time you read this. It won't really need any cellaring, but it should hold reasonably well for several years. Drink it on the younger side, though, no matter how long it theoretically lasts, to preserve what it does best. It may not stay at peak for all of its useful life.
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