Wine & Soul Pintas Character Douro Red 2017 Portugal Douro Rotwein

Wine & Soul Pintas Character Douro Red 2017 Portugal Douro Rotwein. In Pinhao, im Herzen des spektakulären Douro-Tals, liegt dieses Ausnahmeweingut. 2001 ist es mit Sandra Tavaresund Ihrem Mann Jorge Serodio Borges. Sandra ist die ehemalige Önologin von Quinta vale donna Maria und Jorge der ehemalige Önologe von Dirk Niepoort. Dieses Spitzenteam zaubert nur das Beste in die Flasche.

The 2017 Pintas Character is a field blend from old vines aged for 18 months in 80% used French oak. It comes in at 14% alcohol. Originally seen as a tank sample in Portugal last June, this is now bottled and in the USA. Although for the most part I tended to prefer the 2017s with the Manoellas, here I might pick the 2016 Character. Perhaps that is simply because this is less evolved. In terms of fruit intensity, this seems more concentrated (as with the Manoellas) but a little less complex. While there is that concentration of fruit, making this seem more like the essence of dry fruit, it feels no fuller in the mouth. And yet...as this airs out, it leaves more than a favorable impression. The gorgeous concentration of fruit—even while the wine never becomes jammy—makes me think this will win out in the end. It is just a little shy now.

Allergene: Sulfite - Alkoholgehalt: 14,5% - Abfüller: Wine & Soul Lda, Av.Júlio de Freitas l Vale de Mendiz, 5085-101 Pinhão, Portugal - Einführer: AixVinum, Niklas Kudlek, Vaalser Str. 90 A, 52074 Aachen