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Quinta do Vesuvio Port Vintage 2000

€ 129.84

Producer	Quinta do Vesuvio
Region	Douro
Grapes	Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Barroca, Tinta Amarela
Ageing	About 2 years in wood, bottled unfiltered
Alcohol	19.5%vol
Serving	16-18°C, decant 6 to 24 hours ahead Drink within 2 days of opening
Scores	94/100 Wine Spectator 94/100 Falstaff

Vintage 2000: violets and concentrated fruit, one of the finest Vesuvios ever.

Tasting note

Almost inky purple. Rich and opulent, with the classic violet nose. Many layers of concentrated, rich fruit on the palate, with firm but ripe tannins.

The story

According to the Symingtons, one of the finest wines Vesuvio has ever made. The millennium harvest produced rich, ripe wines.

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.