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The wine is deep purple-black in color. The nose combines pungent, resiny eucalyptus and notes of lychee and passionfruit with exotic hints of leather, musk and cedar. The palate is round and velvety, with dense but well-integrated tannins. The jammy fruit carries through to the finish, where it is lifted by an attractive crispness and pungency. This wine will develop in the bottle for decades and should be decanted due to sediment in the bott...
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The Story
Quinta da Roêda forms the backbone of the Croft Vintage Porto, produced only in years when vineyard conditions are optimal and warrant a “declared vintage.” Wines from Quinta da Roêda are characteristically plump, full and vigorously fruity, with the hallmark aroma of the gum cistus bush—a character that informs the Croft house style. The grapes are trod by foot in granite lagares to minimize the release of harsh, bitter compounds from skins a...
Wine Information
2009 was marked by an early start to the viticultural cycle. At Quinta da Roêda the first buds began to appear on March 8. The shoots were vigorous and the vines produced very healthy leaf canopies, but all varieties showed low fertility and produced a small quantity of fruit. The first signs of color in the grapes also appeared earlier than usual. The ripening season started with relatively cool conditions which continued throughout July, but...
