A Little Bit of Portugal, A Little Late

Bought at one of our recent wine store finds, I waited too long to write about this one to give many details.  Don’t know how much it cost or what it was eaten with…but I do remember it was a nice little treat.  The 2005 Altano Douro is 70% Tinta Roriz (indigeneous to Spain where it’s known as Tempranillo, providing tannin and structure) and 30% Touriga Franca (lighter and more perfumed).  40,000 cases were bottled January of last year, giving this particular bottle plenty of time to make it to another continent, into a store I can’t remember, into our wine rack, then onto the table.  By the time we drank it, it was nice and smooth.  Nothing complex, just pretty raspberry, red currant, and light vanilla.

Image source: Farley Walker