Jorge Rosas’ Quinta da Touriga is a Douro propriety in the vicinity of the spectacular open air Prehistoric to Contemporary Rock-Art sites of the Côa river valley. A World Heritage Site, designated by UNESCO in 1998, where there are to be seen thousands of engraved rock drawings of horses and other animal, as well as human and abstract figures, dated from 22,000 years BCE to our times (yes, they keep doing it).
“Depth and concentration are matched by finesse”, wrote Mayson (a Douro Valley’s recent authority that I appreciate) about Quinta da Touriga wines, in his "Port and the Douro" recent book.
Puro, 2012, Red, Douro, Portugal, is a Quinta da Touriga’s special that I do like a lot. According to the fitting Jorge Rosas’ statement in the back label of the bottle (that I once pleasurably bought and had), it is: “inspired by a wine born in the late XIX century, a creation of my great-grandfather Antonio and his younger brother. In contrast to the norm of the time they created a high quality non-fortified wine in the Douro Valley, an innovation in the land of Port”. It still rocks!
Luis Miguel Novais
