Van Zellers CV Tinto Curriculum Vitae 2014
€ 86.50
Cristiano van Zeller purchased the Quinta Vale D. Maria in 1996 after heading up his family’s prestigious Quinta do Noval for many years. Amongst the estate’s gems are 10 hectares of fifty and sixty year old vines which Cristiano and his team have worked to restore as well as planting indigenous varieties on other plots on the estate.
Cristiano and his fellow winemaker Sandra Tavares da Silva named this wine after the feeling that this exquisite wine was worthy of being listed on their CVs as a benchmark bottling from the Douro region. The grapes are sourced from the estate’s prime vineyards on the river Torto which are planted with vines more than 80 years old. Following the harvest the grapes are trodden by foot in large stone lagars as is traditional in the region before being vinified. The wine is then aged in oak barrels for 21 months before bottling.
One of the most sought after wines from Portugal, Curriculum Vitae Tinto 2014 Van Zellers CV has a very deep colour, with hints of violet and purple, an impressive yet soft concentration of ripe black fruit, black cherry and plum. Prolonged aging in oak barrels shaped its powerful tannins, concentrating them in softness, creating a powerful wine with great elegance.
Food pairing
Ideal for all kinds of meat, especially grilled meat dishes.
Grapes: Tinta Roriz, Tinta Amarela, Touriga Franca, Tinta Barroca.
Alcoholcontent
14,5 %vol
Store & Serve
Serve at 17 °C. No need to decant before serving.
Can be drunk up to 20 years after harvest
Critics & Awards
91/100 - Wine Spectator Tasted: Apr 2017
94/100 - Wine Enthusiast Tasted: Jan 2017
Young and with great potential., this is a powerful, firmly tannic wine, full of wood-aging flavors. It is The dark tannins are lifted by a juicy edge that will be attractive as the wine develops although the wood needs time to soften. Drink from 2021.
