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WINES OF PORTUGAL
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Passadouro Tinto
The Passadouro Tinto is made from 40 percent Touriga Nacional, 30 percent Tinta Roriz, and 30 percent
Touriga Franca, aged for eighteen months in French oak barrels. It has a beautiful purple-red color with
intense aromas of ripe plum and blackberry on the nose. On the palate, this wine is well balanced, with
flavors of sweet spice, mineral undertones, and soft tannins.
2013:
Editors Choice 93 WE |
2012:
92 WE, 92 W&S |
2011:
90 WA |
2010:
“Top 100 Wines of 2013: 91 WS
|
2009:
92 WA |
2008:
92 WS
Passadouro Touriga Nacional
This wine is 100 percent Touriga Nacional sourced from the thirty-year-old, schistose Quinta do Sibio
vineyard. After a rigorous selection, the grapes ferment in a traditional granite lagar and are then aged
seventeen months in 50 percent new and 50 percent one-year-old French oak barrels. This wine displays
elegant notes of black fruits and violets, and well-integrated nuances of oak. On the palate, this Touriga
Nacional shows its intense and fresh flavors with perfect balance.
2013:
91 WA |
2012:
96 D |
2011:
92 WA
Passadouro Touriga Franca
A pure expression of Touriga Franca from 30 year old vines planted at an altitude of 150 meters at Quinta
do Sibio. After a rigorous selection, the foot trodden grapes ferment in a traditional granite lagars with
temperature control for 10 days. Aged for 18 months in 30 percent new and 70 percent used French
oak barrels. This wine is light in color, it is elegant on the nose with balsamic and white peppery notes
combined with aromas of red fruit. On the palate, soft tannins balanced with pleasant acidity evoke
refreshing sensations in the mouth. The finish is long with mineral notes. 3,000 bottles produced in only
exceptional years.
Passadouro Reserva
Remarkably, seventy-year-old vines produce the more than thirty indigenous grape varieties that make
up this field blend wine. Aged for eighteen months in French oak barrels, this wine is deep ruby red in
color with concentrated aromas of black cherry, plum, and sweet spice on the nose and palate. Rich and
impressive, it has well-integrated tannins, good acidity, and a long finish.
2013:
94 WE |
2012:
94 WE |
2011:
93 WA |
2010:
92 WS, 92 WA |
2009:
93 WS |
2008:
93 WE |
2004:
93 WA