Finca Sandoval Cuvee TNS, Manchuela, Spain

圣多瓦酒莊特釀TNS紅葡萄酒

點(diǎn)擊次數(shù)：7611

The 2015 Cuvée TNS is a blend of 78% Touriga Nacional and 22% Syrah from nine-year-old vines on limestone-rich soils. It fermented with indigenous yeasts and matured in 300-liter oak barrels. This is quite ripe, the oak is still noticeable, and there is a hint of licorice and fountain pen ink. It has some dusty tannins and a dry finish. 3,400 bottles were filled in August 2018.

There is a limited cuvée, the 2011 Cuvée TNS, which stands for Touriga Nacional and Syrah, is usually two-thirds of the former and one-third of the latter. This wine is not produced every vintage. In the warm and ripe 2011, the varietal breakup is slightly different, as it also added some 6% of the local red Moravia Agria—in search of some freshness, so there was some 63% Touriga and 31% Syrah. It fermented in open top vats with indigenous yeasts after a cold soak, with no post fermentative maceration, pressed immediately and put into barrel for malolactic and ten months ageing. This is usually quite aromatic, but I found this 2011 quite closed and brooding, with serious aromas of black fruit, damp earth, tar, licorice, fountain pen ink and black licorice with a touch of leather; it somehow made me think of a Bordeaux. The palate reflects what proprietor Víctor de la Serna considers the warmest year this century after 2003, full-bodied with moderate acidity and a sleek texture. It feels different from previous vintages. This is a powerful wine that has been in bottle since September 2012, so it has had the chance to polish its edges and is now ready. 1,700 bottles and 450 magnums produced.

It's always interesting to see two vintages of the same wine side by side. The 2009 Cuvée TNS is the usual 67% Touriga Nacional and 33% Syrah blend reflecting a fine vintage on the powerful side. As soon as you put your nose in the glass you see the superiority of 2009. In this powerful vintage the Touriga Nacional shows its aromas of violets and orange peel with aromatic exuberance followed by some distant hints of tapenade and asphalt. The palate reveals very fine tannins with good freshness and a velvety texture. 1,309 bottles and 300 magnums.

TNS, which stands for Touriga Nacional - Syrah, is not produced in every vintage but it was produced in 2008, a year with a difficult flowering and a dry summer. The blend for the 2008 TNS follows the norm of two-thirds Touriga Nacional and one-third Syrah, both from estate vines on clay and chalk soils, aged in open vats and matured in used 300-liter barrels. It's very interesting to compare the 2008 with the 2009 as you see the clear difference in vintages. This 2008 shows less ripeness and is somehow more rustic as the Touriga Nacional is really shy and doesn't really show its aromatics leaving the nose to develop more toward the Mediterranean herbs-side with balsamic notes and less floral influence. The palate has fine tannins and tasty flavors with some floral hints toward the finish. This cuvée that started with very small volumes and used to be bottled only in magnum was bottled into 1,900 bottles and 300 magnums in 2008.