Alves de Sousa Vintage 2020 Port
€ 65.00
| Producer | Alves de Sousa |
| Region | Douro |
| Grapes | Sousão (40%), Touriga Nacional (15%), Tinta Roriz, Touriga Franca, Tinto Cão |
| Ageing | 2 years in cask |
| Alcohol | 19.5%vol |
| Serving | 12-15°C, decant Drink within 2 days of opening |
Alves de Sousa Vintage 2020: plenty of Sousão, calm, round and surprisingly fresh.
Tasting note
Dried figs, nougat and sour cherry on the nose. Despite its power and juicy fruit, it surprises on the palate with freshness and a fine mineral thread, and a long, slightly sweet finish. Smoky, spicy notes, dark chocolate and candied orange peel. Round, balanced and silky, and already remarkably approachable.
The story
Alves de Sousa’s Ports favour elegance, restraint and finesse. This blend has 40% Sousão and 15% Touriga Nacional, with other native varieties from top vineyards, mainly Gaivosa, Oliveirinha and Vale da Raposa. The wine spends two years in cask and is bottled young to mature in bottle.
Food pairing
A delicious digestif, also with rich aged cheeses, dark chocolate or chocolate mousse.
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
4,4/5 Vivino (382 ratings)