

WINES OF PORTUGAL
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Wine & Soul
DOC Douro, DOC Porto, Portugal
Located in the Cima Corgo’s Pinhão Valley, the prestigious heart of the Douro Valley, Wine & Soul spans
several picturesque vineyards, some of which consist of field blends up to one hundred years old.
Founded a mere ten years ago by the husband-and-wife team of Jorge Serôdio Borges and Sandra
Tavares da Silva, this innovative yet rustic winery has already established a highly esteemed reputation.
Today, the winery embraces environmentally friendly and artisanal practices such as manual foot-trodding
in granite lagares, a gentler method that results in finer tannins. In addition to Wine & Soul, Jorge also
manages Quinta do Passadouro, while Sandra gained her winemaking experience at Quinta do Vale D.
Maria in the Douro and her family estate of Quinta da Chocapalha in Lisboa.
Guru Branco
Guru is equal parts Viosinho, Rabigato, Côdega do Larinho, and Gouveio, sourced from the estate’s
fifty-year-old Murça vineyard. Barrel-fermented and aged seven months in new French oak, the wine has
excellent minerality and aromatic notes of grapefruit and other citrus. It has a full body while maintaining
freshness, elegancy, and complexity, with a fine balance and long finish.
2014:
92 WS |
2013:
“50 Star Buys of 2015” 96 D |
2012:
91 WA |
2011:
91 WA |
2010:
90 WS
Pintas Character
| Peen-Tajs Character |
Pintas Character is made from a nearly fifty-year-old field blend surrounding the Pintas vineyard. It
consists of thirty different indigenous varieties, including Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, and Touriga
Nacional. The wine is fermented in traditional granite lagares and aged for eighteen months in 50 percent
new and 50 percent second-passage French oak barriques. Rich and powerful, the wine shows notes of
raspberry, black cherry, and plums. On the palate, it is fresh and velvety with well-integrated tannins and a
long, persistent finish.
2013:
94 W&S |
2012:
93 WE |
2011:
94 WS |
2010:
Matt Kramer’s “Top 3 Wines of 2012” 92 WS