PT | NOTAS DE PROVA
EN | TASTING NOTES
The 2001 Vintage Port Nacional is a typical blend, mainly Touriga Franca, Touriga Nacional, Tinta Cão, Sousão and Tinta Roriz. Aged for 20 months in old barrels in the Douro, it comes in at 19.3% alcohol and 76.8 grams per liter of residual sugar. This is a late release, declared in 2003, but just about to hit the market. Christian Seely said: [The] 2001 was extremely late and quite closed, dense and very tannic. As we had just declared and released the 2000 Nacional, we decided to put in the 250 cases of 2001 Nacional... The late release certainly tamed that. It still feels very firm and has a real backbone, but it is not overly dry and is much more approachable than recently released Nacionals can be. By the third day, though, it was showing a bit more raw power and complexity - and it seemed much better."
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