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Colheitas Tawny
Colheita 1998
Lively brown colour with soft reddish reflexes. In the nose prevails the sweet aromas of ripe fruit involved by the spicy and wood notes. In the taste, it is soft, velvety and intense, showing a great complexity and an elegant structure. Powerful, attractive and endless finish.
2 - 6 months
Stored after open
Port Wine
Pairings
Chocolates
Desserts
Desserts made with eggs
Ice creams
Vinification
Hand-picked at the optimum time, the grapes are then destemmed, crushed and converted into wine through a process of careful maceration to extract their colour, tannins and aromas, enhanced by constant churning during fermentation. This takes place in vats (lagares) at a controlled temperature (between 28-30°C) until the right degree of sweetness (baumé) is achieved. At this point, grape brandy is added to create the final fortified wine. A wine of high quality, made from one single harvest. A Colheita wine matures in oak barrels for periods of time that can vary, but never less than 7 years. It is then bottled and sold according to the demands of the market.
Wine Colheita 1998
Traditional Douro grape varieties.
The vineyard is disposed along the slopes on horizontal levels and, more recently, they are planted along the lines of greatest slopes, so called “Vinha ao Alto” (vertically planted vines).
Schistous-sandstone (greywacke), interspersed with granite in some places.
Up to 600 meters.
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