Quinta do Vesuvio Vintage 1995
€ 126.84
| Producer | Quinta do Vesuvio |
| Region | Douro |
| Grapes | Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Barroca, Tinta Amarela |
| Ageing | About 2 years in wood, bottled unfiltered |
| Alcohol | 19.5%vol |
| Serving | 16-18°C, decant 6 to 24 hours ahead Drink within 2 days of opening |
| Scores | 95/100 Wine Spectator |
Vintage 1995: violets and rockrose, with 95 points and a place in the Wine Spectator Top 100.
Tasting note
Rich, dark and concentrated, with aromas of violets and esteva (rockrose). Very smooth and elegant on the palate.
The story
Peter Symington chose just 52 of the quinta’s 385 pipes to bottle as Quinta do Vesuvio Vintage 1995. Wine Spectator ranked it fourth in its 1998 Top 100.
Like all Vesuvio Port, the grapes were foot-trodden in the quinta’s granite lagares. The wine ages for about two years in wood and is bottled unfiltered, so it needs decanting.
Food pairing
Delicious with foie gras and blue cheeses such as Gorgonzola and Roquefort, or simply after the meal as a dessert wine.
The producer
Quinta do Vesuvio lies in a remote corner of the Douro Superior, on the south bank of the river. António Bernardo Ferreira bought the estate in 1823 and built hundreds of terraces and an impressive adega in just thirteen years. His daughter-in-law, the legendary Dona Antónia Ferreira, made it one of the most famous quintas in the Douro. The estate stayed with the Ferreira family until the Symington family bought it in 1989.
The Symingtons chose to keep Vesuvio as a stand-alone estate, making only single quinta Vintage Ports. All the Port is still foot-trodden in the quinta’s eight granite lagares. Since the 2007 harvest Vesuvio has also made red Douro wines.
Critics & Awards
95/100 Wine Spectator | Tasted: Apr 1998
92/100 Falstaff
17,5/20 Jancis Robinson | Tasted: Dec 2009
93/100 Jamie Goode
93/100 CellarTracker (23 notes)
89/100 Stephen Tanzer
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