Fitapreta - A Touriga Vai Nua (Unoaked) 2021 (750ml) Moscatel de Alejandría

Fitapreta - A Touriga Vai Nua (Unoaked) 2021 (750ml) Moscatel de AlejandríaAntonio Macanita is not only one of Portugal's top wine consultants, he is perhaps the most ambitious and creative. With projects extending from the Azores to the Douro, Antonio's aim is to showcase Portuguese terroir and grape varieties in all of their diversified glory. Here, in Antonio's Alentejo project Fita Preta, we have a wine whose name translates as "The Touriga goes naked." In other words, for a grape variety so closely allied to elevage in

Tasting notes: Deep ruby red colour with violet reflections

lighter style of Riesling

Smooth in the mouth with a fine texture

whole leaf tobacco

roasted chicken with butternut squash

backyard barbecues and fun

and 2% Malbec that was bottled in May of 2024

WINE SUMMARY

velvety red with wonderful notes of strawberry and cherry

This forward

The wine comes from vineyards planted on well drained soils that are composed of gravels deposited by the Isere and Rhone Rivers

The vines enjoy a cool climate with plentiful winter/spring rainfall