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Quinta do Vesuvio Port Vintage 1998

€ 105.85

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	18/20 Jancis Robinson

Vintage 1998: wild berries, black cherries and sage, with firm tannins.

Tasting note

Very intense red with purple hues. A rich, concentrated nose of wild berries, soft black cherry notes and sage. Full on the palate, with luscious cassis in perfect balance with firm tannins.

The story

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.