Dorina Lindemann 2019 Touriga Nacional “Jovem”

PRODUCER INFO

In the late 1970’s Hans Jörg Böhm, a German viticulturist of tremendous energy and passion, arrived to Portugal to undertake the daunting task of cataloging the Portuguese wine varietals. He suspected there were a number of lesser-known and unidentified varieties with great potential – he discovered about 300 different varietals and opened the first vine nursery in Portugal, dubbed “Evora” in the region of Alentejo.
This knowledge, passion and sense of purpose, to celebrate and ensure the future of indigenous varietals was passed to his daughter Dorina Lindemann, herself a young enologist who in 1997 founded the winery Quinta da Plansel.
Dorina’s work is focused on non-varietal wines and blends of the most significant grapes of northern Portugal: Touriga Nacional, Tinta Barroca and Touriga Franca. In 2001, she launched the first single varietal wines in Portugal and continues to champion these iconic grape varieties.

ABOUT THE WINE

This fruit is sourced from a new estate vineyard planting of 12 hectares of Touriga Nacional.
The soils are residual granite and metamorphic sedimentary soils.
No herbicides are used.
Touriga Nacional is a wine with intense aroma of flowers, especially orange blossom and violets. There is great freshness & elegance from the grape in this bottling.
“Jovem” means young vines in Portuguese.

Vintage: 2019 | Wine Type: Red Wine
Varietal: 100% Touriga Nacional
Origin: Portugal | Appellation: Quinta da Plansel
Elaboration: Grapes are harvested by machine during the last week of August and first week of September. Open maceration. Fermentation takes place in stainless steel with daily pump overs.
Winemaker: Dorina Lindemann