PLEASE NOTE: This is a recurring auction. The seal number(s) you see on the photos might differ from the one(s) on your bottle(s). 2021 Taboadella Reserva Touriga Nacional Red 2 x 0.75L 2021 Taboadella Reserva Jaen Red 2 x 0.75L 2021 Taboadella Reserva Alfrocheiro Red 2 x 0.75L 6 Bottles Dão Region DESCRIPTION The Amorim family have been involved with the world of wine since 1870, when they first started producing cork stoppers for the Port Wine cellars, in Vila Nova de Gaia. Today it is one of the most renowned family groups in Portugal with businesses in many countries and many different sectors. Since 1999, the fourth generation of the family has been involved in wine, through the capable hands of Luísa Amorim, upholding profound respect for the historical heritage and the reputation of two of Portugal’s most important wine regions. In the Dão and Douro, with a total of 127 hectares of vineyards, the Amorim family solely grows indigenous grape varieties, parcel by parcel, in a practice that combines traditional processes and sophisticated technology to produce exceptional wines. Two estates, where the vineyards and wine have ancestral roots. Two pioneering wine tourism projects in Portugal that maintain the local culture and uphold a profound respect for the historical heritage of two great wine regions - the Douro and the Dão. WINEMAKER: Jorge Alves & Rodrigo Costa. -> 2021 Taboadella Reserva Touriga Nacional Red 2 x 0.75L AWARDS/RECOMMENDATIONS 93 Points, Wine Enthusiast 92 Points, James Suckling 91 Points, Guía Peñín 90 Points, Robert Parker (2020 Vintage) 18 Points, Highly Recommended, Revista de Vinhos (2020 Vintage) 17.5 Points, Vinho Grandes Escolhas (2020 Vintage) 16.5 Points, Jancis Robinson (2020 Vintage) 93 Points, Wine Anorak (2018 Vintage) 91-92 Points, VertdeVin (2018 Vintage) WINE VARIETIES: Touriga Nacional (100%). VINIFICATION 100% vibration screening and destemmed. Ageing: 20% in new 500l French oak barrels; 80% in second year 500l French oak barrels for 10 months. TASTING NOTES Touriga Nacional is the international icon of Portuguese grape varieties. It originated in the region where it finds its greatest expression - the Dão. At Taboadella it is grown close to the ground, and sparkles on its own, and Taboadella Touriga Nacional Reserva is a great example of its natural acidity in this exceptional terroir. It allows us to detect the violets whose aroma lingers in our memory, in complementarity with the notes of high altitude, black spice and the quartzitic aroma of wet granite, offering surprising complexity. -> 2021 Taboadella Reserva Jaen Red 2 x 0.75L AWARDS/RECOMMENDATIONS 92 Points, Wine Enthusiast 92 Points, Guía Peñín Gold Medal, Berlin Wine Trophy 92 Points, James Suckling (2020 Vintage) 91+ Points, Robert Parker (2020 Vintage) 18 Points, Highly Recommended, Revista de Vinhos (2020 Vintage) 17 Points, Vinho Grandes Escolhas (2020 Vintage) Gold Medal, Mundus Vini (2019 Vintage) 94 Points, Wine Anorak (2018 Vintage) 93 Points, Hudin.com (2018 Vintage) 91-92 Points, VertdeVin (2018 Vintage) 91 Points, Wine Spectator (2018 Vintage) 17 Points, Jancis Robinson (2018 Vintage) WINE VARIETIES: Jaen (100%). VINIFICATION 100% vibration screening and destemmed. Ageing: 20% in new 500l French oak barrels; 80% in second year barrels for 9 months. TASTING NOTES With Jaen we discover the Iberian Peninsula in Portugal (an identity associated with the Mencia grape variety). The breezy altitudes of the Dão region foster succulent, bluish fruits and white spices. Taboadella’s gentle slopes deliver this modernity. Taboadella Jaen Reserva is one of the estate’s treasures, offering the delight of fruity and intense aromas, combined with allspice, placing this grape variety in another dimension. The wine’s beautiful structure, supported by soft, fine and coated tannins, is perfectly combined with its tense and delicate body. -> 2021 Taboadella Reserva Alfrocheiro Red 2 x 0.75L AWARDS/RECOMMENDATIONS 93 Points, Wine Enthusiast 92 Points, James Suckling 92 Points, Robert Parker (2020 Vintage) 18 Points, Vinho Grandes Escolhas (2020 Vintage) 17.5 Points, Highly Recommended, Revista de Vinhos (2020 Vintage) 94 Points, Wine Anorak (2018 Vintage) 91 Points, Guía Peñín (2018 Vintage) 90-91 Points, VertdeVin (2018 Vintage) 16.5 Points, Jancis Robinson (2018 Vintage) WINE VARIETIES: Alfrocheiro (100%). VINIFICATION 100% vibration screening and destemmed. Ageing: 20% in new 500l French oak barrels; 80% in second year barrels for 10 months. TASTING NOTES The Alfrocheiro grape variety first emerged in Portugal and in the Dão region after the phylloxera epidemic and finds its natural territory in this region. We do not know of any foreign or national origins of this grape variety, but it was once known as the “Tinta Francesa de Viseu” (= French red grape variety from Viseu). It is a very rare, high-altitude grape variety, that teaches us to produce small amounts and respect its fragility. Tha Taboadella Alfrocheiro Reserva red has firm, delicate and structuring tannins.