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Quinta Gaivosa Porto Tawny 20 years

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Producer	Alves de Sousa
Region	Douro
Ageing	An average of 20 years in wooden casks
Alcohol	20%vol
Serving	16-18°C
Scores	90/100 Robert Parker

20 Years Tawny: almond, ripe fresh fig and a pleasant woody note.

Tasting note

Elegant and refined, amber in colour. A rich, complex nose with a classic almond touch, intensely sweet ripe fresh fig and a pleasant woody note. 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 20 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 a digestif with desserts, 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

90/100 Robert Parker

17/20 Revista de Vinhos | Tasted: Jan 2015

Gold – International Wine Challenge 2016
Silver – Concours Mondial de Bruxelles 2016
Silver – Concours Mondial de Bruxelles 2014
Commended – Decanter World Wine Awards 2014
Silver – International Wine & Spirit Competition 2014

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