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Quinta do Pessegueiro Porto DOC Vintage 2016
Quinta do Pessegueiro Porto DOC Vintage 2016
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- 94POINTS Wine AdvocateMark Squires
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Food pairings
- Blue cheese
- Hard cheese
- Dark chocolate
- Dried fruit and nuts
- Spiced game
Try it with
- Roquefort
- Dark chocolate cake
This is a vintage port with preserved sweetness, lots of dark cherries and blueberries, and a fresh, persistent core of fine tannins. The classic route is cheese, where the port's sweetness plays off salt and richness, and powerful blue cheeses in particular find balance with the dark fruit. The sweetness and the still pronounced tannins also make it lovely with dark chocolate and rich, fatty dishes, where the fruit gets something to rest on. Don't serve it too cold, so the soft tannins and the fruit are allowed to unfold.
Taste profile
DrySweet
LightFull-bodied
Subtle fruitPronounced fruit
Low acidityHigh acidity
SoftTannic
Product details
Country
Portugal
Region
Duoro
Vintage
2016
Classification
Duoro DOC
Grapes
Touriga Nacional |
Touriga Franca |
Touriga Nacional
Bottle size
75 cl
Alcohol
11%
Cork type
Cork
About the wine
The grapes come from 40-year-old vines on two of Quinta's parcels of land, which face north-east and lie 150 meters above sea level. After manual harvest in boxes of 25 kg. the grapes were kept in the fridge for 12 hours. Vinification was carried out by 5 days of foot stomping in the vineyard. During the vinification and aging process, the wine was gently stirred by gravity and without the use of pumps.
The color is classic ruby red. In the nose, the port presents aromas of cherry and blueberry, some eucalyptus and menthol candies. In the mouth it is persistent, fresh, with beautiful red berries well integrated with excellent tannins.
Critic reviews
94Mark Squires
Wine Advocate
The 2016 Vintage Port is a 60/40 blend of Touriga Franca and Touriga Nacional, coming in with 19% alcohol and 87 grams of residual sugar. A tank sample (final blend, out of cask and ready for bottling in another week), this shows even more of the cistus/eucalyptus aromatics than the LBV had this issue. Of course, and more importantly, it also adds more power, concentration and riper fruit. It's delicious and beautifully structured, very tight. This just might be a sleeper of the vintage. It looks like a splendid VP, stuffed, structured and very tasty. I have an early date set here for approachability, but that's a minimum. It will show a lot better around 2035.
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