Lume

Touriga Nacional, Dão, 2021. Violet, black cherry, a struck match.

Tasting

Nose
Violet, black cherry, granite dust after rain.

Palate
Tight at first, then long. Tannins like fine-grained sandpaper.

Finish
Cedar, smoke, a cold mineral edge that lasts a full minute.

Black-green glass, 750 ml. Hand-numbered. Oxblood wax closure, dipped by hand.

Serve — 16 °C. Decant one hour. Do not rush it.

Vinha do Cabeço Velho. Bush vines planted in 1931 on decomposed granite. Picked at dusk over four evenings.

Grape — Touriga Nacional
Altitude — 540 m
Alcohol — 14.0%
Run — 2 400 bottles

Roast kid, aged Serra cheese, or nothing at all, on a cold porch, after dark.