Quinta Gaivosa Port Tawny 10 years
€ 32.00
| Producer | Alves de Sousa |
| Region | Douro |
| Ageing | An average of 10 years in wooden casks |
| Alcohol | 20%vol |
| Serving | 15°C |
| Scores | 89/100 The Wine Advocate 17,5/20 Jancis Robinson |
10 Years Tawny: chocolate, figs, dried apricots and honey, with four gold medals.
Tasting note
Elegant and refined. Chocolate, figs, dried apricots, honey and a pleasant woody note on the nose. Smooth and lingering on the palate.
The story
A tawny ages for a long time in wooden casks, which gives it its tawny colour. This Port has an average age of 10 years.
Quinta da Gaivosa lies in the Baixo Corgo, on the right bank of the Corgo, not far from Vila Real. It is the family’s home base, with old vineyards where dozens of varieties grow together. The winery, designed by architect Belém Lima, has won several architecture and wine tourism awards.
Food pairing
Lovely as an aperitif, and with chocolate, desserts, nuts and aged cheese, for example a mousse of 60% cocoa chocolate with candied orange.
The producer
Winemaking is a family tradition for Domingos Alves de Sousa: his father Edmundo and his grandfather Domingos were already Douro winegrowers. Trained as a civil engineer, in 1987 he devoted himself fully to the quintas he had inherited. For years he supplied grapes to big houses such as Casa Ferreirinha and Borges. After the crisis of the late 1980s and the disastrous 1988 harvest, he decided to make and bottle his own wine. He built a winery at Quinta da Gaivosa and in 1992 released his first wine, the Quinta do Vale da Raposa Branco 1991.
Revista de Vinhos named him Producer of the Year in 1999 and 2006: he was the first ever to win the title twice. Since 2002 his son Tiago, who holds a doctorate in viticulture, has been the winemaker. The family uses only grapes from its own six quintas: Gaivosa, Vale da Raposa, Caldas, Estação, Aveleira and Oliveirinha.
Critics & Awards
Gold – Sommeliers Wine Awards 2016
Gold – Berliner Wein Trophy 2013
Gold – Challenge International du Vin 2013
Gold – Citadelles du Vin 2013
Gold – Berliner Wein Trophy 2013
Gold – Challenge International du Vin 2013
Gold – Citadelles du Vin 2013
89/100 The Wine Advocate
Caramel and spice, with some red fruit still present. A fine development towards mature Port notes, with great elegance and restraint.
Caramel and spice, with some red fruit still present. A fine development towards mature Port notes, with great elegance and restraint.
17,5/20 Jancis Robinson
16,5/20 Revista de Vinhos
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