The Story
Touriga Nacional, popped early, bottled wild. Favonius is the natural-leaning Lisboa project founded in 2021 by Rodrigo Martins and Pedro Cabanita, named for the Roman west wind that hammers this stretch of Portugal's Atlantic coast. The Pet-Nat - méthode ancestrale, finished in bottle on the lees - takes 100% Touriga Nacional picked early to lock in acidity and lower alcohol, then trades the variety's usual floral muscle for something fresh, fruity, and frankly fun. Cloudy, pink, lightly fizzy, low-intervention; the kind of bottle that ends the analytical part of the evening. Pop it cold and don't think too hard.
Description
Touriga Nacional, popped early, bottled wild. Favonius is the natural-leaning Lisboa project founded in 2021 by Rodrigo Martins and Pedro Cabanita, named for the Roman west wind that hammers this stretch of Portugal's Atlantic coast. The Pet-Nat - méthode ancestrale, finished in bottle on the lees - takes 100% Touriga Nacional picked early to lock in acidity and lower alcohol, then trades the variety's usual floral muscle for something fresh, fruity, and frankly fun. Cloudy, pink, lightly fizzy, low-intervention; the kind of bottle that ends the analytical part of the evening. Pop it cold and don't think too hard.
