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Wine Description
The Story
Hand-harvest at their best moment, the grapes are destemmed, crushed and vinified in a careful maceration with extraction of colour, tannins and aromas of the pellicles, complemented by permanent pumping-over during fermentation. This process takes place in vats at a controlled temperature between 28-30ºC, until reaching the desired Baumé. At this phase grape brandy is added (benefit), originating a fortified wine. A wine of an exceptional qua...
Vintage 1999
The 1999 Portuguese harvest stands as a highly competent, fresh, and historically significant vintage—marking the modern dawn of premium unfortified Douro red wines alongside solid, elegant Vintage Port releases. Following a mild winter and warm early summer, late August heat accelerated sugar accumulation, though intermittent September rains required strategic picking windows across the Douro, Dão, and Bairrada. While major Port houses largel...