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Messias Colheita 2003
Vinhos Messias belongs to the seven most successful wine-growing estates of Portugal.
Year 2003 - 0,75 liter - 20 % ABV
€ 52,67 / 1 liter, prices incl. VAT plus shipping costs
Contains sulphites
in stock
€ 39,50
| Article: | Messias Colheita 2003 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Region: | Douro |
| Category: | Port, tawny |
| Producer: | Vinhos Messias |
| Vintage: | 2003 |
| Grape variety: | Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Barroca, Tinta Roriz, Tinto Cão |
| Alcohol: | 20% |
| Residual sugar: | 118.0 g/l |
| Acid: | 4.80 g/l |
| Colour: | Golden red |
| Flavour: | Aroma of a wild berries with some spices and caramel hints. |
| Taste: | On the palate sweet and delicate with soft and round tannins. |
| Finish: | Long and persistent finish. |
| Drinking temperature: | 10 - 12 °C |
| Drink recommendation: | It is advisable to drink this crop as an aperitif with “game” pâtés, salmon, or with a roll of bacon with “dates” or plums. During a meal it goes well with “large game” dishes, poultry or roasts. It is also a good digestive that goes along with bitter chocolate, a board of soft cheeses or roasted almond. |
| Awards: | 90 Points, Robert Parker - The Wine Advocate 17,5 Points, João Paulo Martins - Vinhos de Portugal 2018 |
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 |