Quinta do Vesuvio Port Vintage 1989 Port
€ 153.84
| 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 | 94/100 Jamie Goode 17,5/20 Jancis Robinson |
Vintage 1989: Vesuvio’s first harvest under the Symington family.
Tasting note
Garnet. Lovely ripe fruit aromas. A remarkably balanced taste of ripe fruit and soft tannins, with a lush, lingering finish, smooth and elegant.
The story
1989 was the year the Symington family bought Quinta do Vesuvio, and also the first Vintage Port made under their direction.
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
17,5/20 Jancis Robinson | Tasted: Dec 2008
Very developed: rich, raisiny and seductive, with prune notes and a dry, lightly spicy finish.
Very developed: rich, raisiny and seductive, with prune notes and a dry, lightly spicy finish.
94/100 Jamie Goode | Tasted: Jan 1990
91/100 CellarTracker (8 notes)
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