Blend of the Traditional grapes from the Douro:Toriga Naciona,Touriga Franca,Tinta Roriz and Barroca
750 ML
Pedro Sá
86 Points - Wine Enthusiast
Comment:
Considered by many as the jewel in the Port Wine crown, this is the only Port that ages in bottle. Produced from the grapes harvested during a single year and bottled two to three years after the vintage, it develops gradually for 5 to 50 years before it is drunk.
Vinification:
The grapes are selected from the best qualities and submitted to a strong maceration in order to get a wine with the necessary characteristics for a “Vintage“: intense, rich and colourful. To obtain the wine with natural sugar, fermentation is stopped by adding a certain quantity of grape spirit. Since the characteristics may deserve the designation, the wine must be bottled between the second and the third year of age, maturing henceforth in the bottle.
Description:
Intense and deep color, showing blue reflexes. Very fresh aromas, basil and orange flower, red currant and blackberry. When tasting, the intensity and quality of the aroma stands out. The mouth becomes full with the wine structure; the middle of the tasting is very intense, showing ripe fruit and a smooth tasting. At the final the good tannins stand out without too much roughness and aromas prevail forever.
Paring:
The VINTAGE PORTS are matured in bottle and, with the age, get a big deposit. It is necessary to decant the wine before serving. It is advisable to put the bottle standing up, some 12 to 24 hours and follow carefully the decantation. To be served at 17º - 18º C and, as wines with aromatic complexity, they accompany very well strong cheeses good sweets or a cigar.
