Wine & Soul

Pintas Porto Vintage

Wine & Soul

Pintas Porto Vintage

Made from a field blend of over 30 different indigenous grape varieties. All grapes were carefully selected and foot trodden in lagares for 5 days until brandy was added to stop the fermentation. The juice is then aged in an old Port Tonel for 19 months, after which the wine was bottled.

Tasting Notes

This is a well balanced and delightful Vintage Port, with flavors of dark plum and mint chocolate. Full and ripe tannins show the aging capacity of this young port.

Made from a field blend of over 30 different indigenous grape varieties. All grapes were carefully selected and foot trodden in lagares for 5 days until brandy was added to stop the fermentation. The juice is then aged in an old Port Tonel for 19 months, after which the wine was bottled.

Tasting Notes

This is a well balanced and delightful Vintage Port, with flavors of dark plum and mint chocolate. Full and ripe tannins show the aging capacity of this young port.

Vineyard & Production Info

Vineyard name:
The Pintas Vineyard
Vineyard size:
5 acres
Soil composition:
Schist
Training method:
Bush
Elevation:
825 feet
Vines/acre:
2,400
Yield/acre:
1.2 tons
Exposure:
Southern
Year vineyard planted:
1930
Harvest time:
September
First vintage of this wine:
2003
Bottles produced of this wine:
3,000

Winemaking & Aging

Maceration length:
5
Varietal composition:
Field Blend
Fermentation container:
Granite lagares
Length of alcoholic fermentation:
5 days
Maceration technique:
Foot-trodden
Malolactic fermentation:
No
Type of aging container:
Barrels
Size of aging container:
25 HL
Type of oak:
Portuguese
Length of aging before bottling:
19 months
Age of Aging Container:
40 years

Analytical Data

pH level:
3.6
Acidity:
4.92 g/L
Alcohol:
21 %
Dry extract:
147.3 g/L
Residual sugar:
109 g/L