Herdade do Mouchao, Tinto

Herdade do Mouchao, TintoThe 2013 Tinto, the regular estate bottling, is a 76 24 blend of Alicante Bouschet and Trincadeira. It was aged for 36 months in used 5,000 liter tonels of varying ages and comes in at 14% alcohol. Still elegant, this has fleshed out a bit and certainly doesn't seem thin. It does many other things brilliantly, though. Alternating silk and velvet for texture, it is simply sensual, and caressing on the palate. The nuanced finish with waves of beefy

While analytically similar to the corresponding Gewurztraminer Rangen

with espresso and humus notes along the edges of the dark currant and blackberry fruit core

fine tannins

A brooding and restrained nose of notably cool red currant

it fills your mouth

fresh and slatey on the still reductive

196 cases imported

commencing on 23 September – whereas these days it usually begins around 3 September

Fabulous power and length and yet still so refined

soft textures and overall amplitude

licorice and even a bit of chocolate and cherry that is already showing some of its charms

40% Semillon and 14% Sauvignon Gris