Diálogo Tinto'

Touriga Franca, Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Amarela, Douro Valley, Portugal 

Admirable winemaker Dirk Niepoort is largely credited with leading Portugal’s natural wine revolution, and this tinto is just another feather in his cap. The cooperative project Nat’Cool takes regional Portuguese grapes and turns them into lively, chuggable wines we could drink seven days a week! This blend consists of three of the key grapes used in the Douro and Dao regions of northern Portugal for making both dry table & fortified wines. Perfumed touriga franca (40%), boldly-purple touriga nacional (30%), plummy tinta roriz/tempranillo (20%) & the rare and rich tinta amarela (10%), all from schistous soils with vines up to 40 years in age. Smoked plum, blackberry thorns, graphite slab, spiced blueberry balsamic & landslide minerality. Pour alongside pork tenderloin & reading a cookbook for fun.