Quinta do Vesuvio 3 Vintages 1999 - 2009 - 2019 limited edition
€ 350.00
| Producer | Quinta do Vesuvio |
| Region | Douro |
| Grapes | Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Alicante Bouschet, Tinta Amarela, Vinhas Velhas, oude stokken |
| Ageing | 3 bottles of Vintage Port: 1999, 2009 and 2019 |
| Alcohol | 20%vol |
| Serving | 16-18°C, decant 6 to 24 hours ahead Drink within 2 days of opening |
Three Vesuvio Vintage Ports, ten years apart: 1999, 2009 and 2019.
Tasting note
The 1999 Vintage is deep ruby and bold, with strong notes of violets and black cherry on the nose, followed by layers of ripe fruit and bittersweet chocolate. It was the quinta’s greatest vintage since 1996.
The story
As a tribute to the terroir of two of their best-known estates, the Symington family has released two limited-edition cases, from Quinta do Vesuvio and Dow’s Quinta da Senhora da Ribeira, each with three Vintage Ports: 1999, 2009 and 2019. A decade apart, they show the great ageing potential of these wines. Both quintas lie in the Douro Superior on opposite banks of the river, one facing north and the other south.
The 2019 Vintage comes from an erratic growing season, with just over half the usual winter rainfall and almost none in summer. Showers in late August rebalanced ripening, and Charles Symington spread the harvest over six weeks.
Like all Vesuvio Port, the grapes were foot-trodden in the quinta’s granite lagares. The wine ages for about two years in wood and is bottled unfiltered, so it needs decanting.
Food pairing
Delicious with foie gras and blue cheeses such as Gorgonzola and Roquefort, or simply after the meal as a dessert wine.
The producer
Quinta do Vesuvio lies in a remote corner of the Douro Superior, on the south bank of the river. António Bernardo Ferreira bought the estate in 1823 and built hundreds of terraces and an impressive adega in just thirteen years. His daughter-in-law, the legendary Dona Antónia Ferreira, made it one of the most famous quintas in the Douro. The estate stayed with the Ferreira family until the Symington family bought it in 1989.
The Symingtons chose to keep Vesuvio as a stand-alone estate, making only single quinta Vintage Ports. All the Port is still foot-trodden in the quinta’s eight granite lagares. Since the 2007 harvest Vesuvio has also made red Douro wines.
