The Taltarni ‘Discovery’ range of wines is comprised of some rare and some not-so-rare varietals and blends that are a little off the beaten track. These wines allow our winemakers to experiment with style, structure, taste, and artistic expression and give drinkers of these wines the opportunity of Discovery.
REGION: PYRENEES, VICTORIA
VARIETY: Grenache 55% Touriga 40% Shiraz 5%
IN THE VINEYARD
The 2022 Growing season was temperate compared to traditional seasons on the estate. The vines had ideal growing conditions with minimum heat and water stress allowing the two key components of this blend to exhibit more delicate and subtle characteristics normally associated with their varieties. Fermented separately in small open-top vessels, the fruit was handled lightly with minimal mechanical intervention to allow the true nature of the estate-grown fruit to be on display.
WINEMAKER COMMENTS
Recent plantings of the Grenache and Touriga has given us much more scope to pursue blends within our Discovery Range that we feel deliver wines that are intriguing in nature and rich in style and finesse.
This wine delivers rich, plush fruit and weight from the Grenache and delicate spice and savoury notes from the Touriga. A take on traditional southern Rhone blends we saw the benefit of what Touriga can add to Grenache to produce a wine of power and volume with lovely hints of red fruit and French oak which compliment the vibrancy of red berry on the palate.
WINE ANALYSIS
Acid: 5.3g/L pH: 3.73 Alcohol by volume: 13.6%
Residual Sugar: Dry Harvested: April 2022
FOCUS VARIETAL
Touriga Nacional is a variety of red wine grape, considered by many to be Portugal’s finest. Despite the low yields from its small grapes, it plays a big part in the blends used for ports and is increasingly being used for table wine in the Douro and Dão. Touriga Nacional provides structure and body to wine, with high tannins and concentrated flavours of black fruit.
Credit:
$32.00
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