Vista Alegre Port Colheita 1998 gift box
€ 49.00
Colheita is Portuguese for harvest year and thus indicates a port from a certain good year of harvest. The wine must have matured for at least seven years in a wooden barrel and is then tawny in color and ready to be drunk. The harvest year and the year of bottling are mentioned on the bottle. This colheita porto has aromas of raisins, dried fruit and a bit of vanilla, a silky texture and a long aftertaste.
Food pairing
Can be drunk as a digestive with coffee and chocolate. tasty with fruit tarts, crème brûlée, ripe and blue cheeses and a good cup of coffee with a cigar.
Grapes: Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Barroca, Sousão, Tinta Cão
Store & Serve
Serve at room temperature. Can be drunk for 10 to 12 weeks after opening
Critics & Awards
94/100 - Decanter World Wine Awards Tasted: Jun 2017
16,5/20 - Vinhos Grandes Escolhas Tasted: Oct 2018
Already quite open in color and with medium concentration, which is also reflected in the aroma, here with some notes of dried fruits and honey, but also some empyreumatic (smoke, rubber), suggesting aging in the Douro. Elegant in the mouth, showing all the smoothness that 20 years give it, a very round Port, but with a long finish.
Tags: Vallegre Vista Alegre - Douro