Description
AWARDS
17,5 Points, João Paulo Martins – Vinhos de Portugal 2018
Porto Messias Colheita 1980
DESCRIPTION
Pale tawny wine, with personalised aromatic evolution, with well defined tertiary aromas, enhancing a noble wood with vanillas, good and elegant presence of the “Vinagrinho”, noble volatile acidity, and spices, mild notes of pepper and clove with a slight nutmeg touch. At taste is powerful and fresh revealing well its age, delighting us with its long after taste.
REGION
Douro
SOIL
Schistose
ALCOHOL VOLUME
20,0 % vol
TOTAL ACIDITY
4,29 g/l in tartaric acid
RESIDUAL SUGAR
125,0 g/l
WINEMAKING PROCESS
Wine fermented after partial destemming at controlled temperature, 24/28C., when the must reaches the desired sweetness, fermentation is then interrupted by adding brandy (77%), ageing in oak wood barrels for a minimum period of seven years, in our warehouses in Vila Nova de Gaia, till bottling.
AGEING POTENCIAL
Drink Now/Hold
GRAPE VARIETIES
Touriga Nacional
Touriga Franca
Tinta Barroca
Tinta Roriz
Tinto Cão
SERVICE TEMPERATURE
10-12 ºC
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