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WINES OF PORTUGAL
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Passadouro Ruby Reserva Porto
This wine has a longer aging time than typical for Ruby Ports—about five years—during which time it
becomes rich and aromatic with a deep ruby color. It exhibits a youthful freshness and beautiful fruit, and
is an everyday Port suitable for enjoying anytime.
Passadouro Vintage Porto
Quinta do Passadouro Vintage Port is meticulously crafted from a field blend of indigenous Portuguese
varietals grown in the estate’s vineyards. The grapes sourced from the seventy-year-old vines are foot-
trodden in traditional granite lagars and aged in native Portuguese oak for nineteen months before
bottling. A floral style, the wine displays an intense bouquet of rose petal, black cherry and cassis while
the palate exhibits a medium body with solid structure and concentrated licorice and crushed blackberry
flavors. It is a wine meant to age for twenty to fifty years in declared vintages.
2011:
95 WE |
2009:
93 WS, 93 WE