~ Since 1992, our bird sings a celebratory song! ~
Limited-Edition Packaging in a velvet Quinta do Tedo embroidered bag, with a signature wooden bar top cork, soft wax seal, and hand-written bottle number.
Words from the winemaker
“Beautiful color combining browning-orange with long tears of glycerol. Ethereal aromas showing great quintessence, and a serious and distinct balance between hazelnuts, curry and molasses. Complex flavours of raisins, dry plums and vanilla with silky texture, mid-palate depth, smooth structure and very good concentration. Full of energy and long length, with very intense persistence.” - Jorge Alves, Winemaker
Production
Year - a blend of high-quality harvests aged an average of 30 years.
Grapes - a field blend of Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca and Tinta Barroca from our estate's older and cooler-microclimate vines.
Terroir - schist soil, Mediterranean climate (low, yearly rainfall and dry, hot summers), grade A classified vineyards.
Winemaking - hand-picked, estate-grown grapes undergo pre-fermentation line-up maceration with 3-4 hours per day of foot-treading in traditional lagares for 2 days followed by 2 days of temperature-controlled fermentation, by which the grapes' natural sugar is consumed and turned into alcohol by native yeasts. When the natural sugar levels decrease by half, we stop fermentation via fortification with grape brandy. The Port wine is then aged for a minimum of 25-30 years in neutral, French oak, 500 liter (130 gallon) puncheons and 225 liter (60 gallon) barrels before blending with other old Tawny ports to create an average of 30 years.
Production - 2,666 bottles
Alcohol - 21% *Considering 2%, known as the "Angel's Share", of Tawny Port wine evaporates out of the barrel each year, the alcohol becomes more concentrated, but also better integrated, into a balanced, complex and smooth aged Tawny Port wine.
Tasting
See - caramel mahogany.
Smell - black walnuts, chestnuts and marzipan; molasses and nutmeg; dried white fig and mulberries; green tea, dried mint and fresh red rose petals; elegant, complex and savoury; almost whiskyesque.
Sip - black liquorice, dates and marzipan; maraschino cherry and cassis; chocolate ganache and praline; orange zest and angostura bitters; spicy and almost savoury, with brilliant acidity and a sharp, long finish.
Enjoy - now or within 10 years, chilled (10°C/50°F), alone, with a cigar, box of premium chocolates, or other delicate and non-overbearing flavours; foie gras, aged gruyere or comté, almond tart, vanilla ice cream.