Winemaker and winery: David Guimaraens, Quinta & Vineyard Bottlers.
Grape variety: Touriga Nacional, Touriga Francesa, Tinto Cão, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Barroca and Tinta Amarela.
Region: Douro Valley, Portugal.
Viticulture/Vinification: Grapes are grown on steep terraces with schist soils and are hand-picked. Natural yeasts convert half the sugar to alcohol, and neutral grape spirit is added to stop fermentation. The wine is aged in 550-litre old oak barrels for an average of twenty years.
Availability: Now – 204 stores.
20% vol.

Earthy with some chocolate on the nose. Rich, sweet, chocolate flavour. God, it’s wonderful. Last wine of the tasting (I changed the order, to suit my palate) and I’m not spitting. Lovely, brown sugar aftertaste, but also some liquorice, wood, earth, marmite.
23/03/10

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