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Messias Colheita 1995
Vinhos Messias belongs to the seven most successful wine-growing estates of Portugal.
Year 1995 - 0,75 liter - 20 % ABV
€ 99,93 / 1 liter, prices incl. VAT plus shipping costs
Contains sulphites
in stock
€ 74,95
| Article: | Messias Colheita 1995 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Region: | Douro |
| Category: | Port, tawny |
| Producer: | Vinhos Messias |
| Vintage: | 1995 |
| Grape variety: | Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Tinto Cão, Tinta Barroca. |
| Alcohol: | 20% |
| Residual sugar: | 104.4 g/l |
| Acid: | 3.8 g/l |
| Characteristics: | Tawny Wine with tertiary wines developing, enhancing slight spicy notes with an elegant blend of cinnamon and vanilla. At taste, gentle tannins, with a long finish. |
| Drinking temperature: | 16 - 18 °C |
| Drink recommendation: | As an aperitif, matches well with pâtés and roast dry fruits, alone as a digestive, or finishing a meal with gentle cheeses. |
Wine fermented after partial destemming at controlled temperature, 24/28°C, when the must reaches the desired sweetness, fermentation is then interrupted by adding brandy (77%), ageing in oak wood barrels for a minimum period of seven years, in the warehouses in Vila Nova de Gaia, till bottling.
"Colheitas" are year ports which mature in the barrel as opposed to Vintage ports and be filled only after the seventh year.
| Ingredients/allergens | |
| Allergens: | Sulphites |
| Further details | |
| Country of origin: | Portugal |
| Company: | Sociedade Agrícola e Comercial dos Vinhos Messias, SA |
| Address: | Avenida Comendador Messias Baptista, N.56 3050 Mealhada, Portugal |