Quinta do Crasto Colheita Port 2005
€ 49.00
| Producer | Quinta do Crasto |
| Region | Douro |
| Ageing | About 18 years in 550-litre Portuguese oak casks, unfiltered |
| Alcohol | 20%vol | pH: 3.5 |
| Serving | 14-17°C Store lying down at a constant 12°C, keeps 6-8 weeks once opened |
Colheita 2005: honey, candied orange peel and light nuts, unfiltered.
Tasting note
Bright amber. Pronounced intensity, with light nutty notes, subtle spice, delicate honey and candied orange peel. Balanced, concentrated and structured, with fine-textured tannins. Seductive and elegant, with a complex, long finish.
The story
The grapes come from old vines on east- and south-facing schist terraces (socalcos) at 120 to 450 m. With their stems they are lightly crushed and foot-trodden in a stone lagar, and fermentation is stopped with grape spirit. The Port aged for about eighteen years in 550-litre Portuguese oak casks and was bottled without fining or filtration: a light deposit may form.
2005 began with an extremely cold, dry winter and a dry spring. Three summer heatwaves stressed the vines, until heavy rain in early September allowed the grapes to ripen fully and evenly.
Food pairing
Delicious with lightly sweet desserts such as crème brûlée, with dried fruit, and as an aperitif.
The producer
Quinta do Crasto lies on the right bank of the Douro, between Régua and Pinhão, in the heart of the Cima Corgo. The quinta is recorded as early as 1615, and in 1918 the Port merchant Constantino de Almeida bought the estate. His descendants still own it: in the 1980s Leonor de Almeida and her husband Jorge Roquette began modernising the vineyards, and since 1994 Crasto has released its wines under its own name.
The vineyards lie on steep schist terraces, with many very old field-blend vines, such as Vinha da Ponte and Vinha Maria Teresa. Crasto also owns Quinta da Cabreira in the Douro Superior, the source of the Superior wines.
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