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WINES OF PORTUGAL
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Pintas
| Peen-Tajs |
This wine is made from the eighty-year-old field blend in the estate’s Pintas vineyard. It consists of
Touriga Franca, Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz, and more than twenty-five other indigenous Douro varieties.
The grapes are foot-trodden in granite lagares during maceration, a gentle process that results in finer
tannins. The wine is then aged for twenty months in 70 percent new French oak barriques. It features
notes of spice, blackberry, dark chocolate, and floral accents. Ripe and round, this wine’s excellent acidity
and fine tannins lead to a lengthy finish.
2013:
96 WE |
2012:
Cellar Selection 95 WE |
2011:
98 WS (Top Rated Portuguese Table Wine from WS) |
2010:
Cellar Selection 94 WE |
2009:
94 WS |
2008:
94 WA
Manoella
This wine is a blend of 60 percent Touriga Nacional, 25 percent Touriga Franca, 10 percent Tinta Roriz,
and 5 percent Tinta Francisca from the Quinta da Manoella vineyard. The grapes are fermented for ten
days at low temperatures and then foot-trodden in open granite lagares. The wine is aged for sixteen
months in used French barriques, giving notes of spices along with raspberry and blackberry. On the
palate, Manoella reveals round, velvety tannins, good concentration, and a long finish.
2013:
Editors’ Choice 92 WE |
2012:
91 WE |
2011:
90 WA |
2010:
92 WE, Top 50 Portuguese Wines W&S
Quinta da Manoella Vinhas Velhas
This elegant red is sourced from a century-old field blend in Jorge Serôdio Borges’s ancestral family
vineyard of Quinta de Manoella. It is composed largely of Touriga Nacional with a lesser percentage of
Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, and other traditional Douro varieties. Grapes were hand-selected and foot-
trodden in stone lagares, and then aged in 90 percent new French oak barriques for twenty months. The
resulting wine is deeply concentrated with spicy and floral aromas and flavors of blackberry and dark
chocolate. Ripe, round and balanced with a notable acidity, it possesses firm tannins and a long finish.
2013:
94 WE |
2012:
Cellar Selection 95 WE |
2011:
95 WS |
2010:
93 WE |
2009:
93 WA, 93 WS
10-Year-Old Tawny Port
Made to mark the ten-year anniversary of Wine & Soul, this rich, golden tawny seems aged beyond its
years. It is made from a field blend of thirty grape varieties from estate vineyards ranging from forty to
sixty years old. With a deep golden-amber color, this complex Port features fresh aromas of nuts, honey,
and figs. On the palate, it is rich with mellow fruit flavors with a long finish.
NV:
92 WS, 91 WE