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Messias Late Bottled Vintage 2017
Vinhos Messias belongs to the seven most successful wine-growing estates of Portugal.
Year 2017 - 0,75 liter - 20.0% ABV
€ 21,27 / 1 liter, prices incl. VAT plus shipping costs
Contains sulphites
in stock
€ 15,95
| Article: | Messias Late Bottled Vintage 2017 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Region: | Douro |
| Category: | Port, Tawny |
| Producer: | Vinhos Messias |
| Vintage: | 2017 |
| Grape variety: | Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Barroca, Tinta Roriz, Tinto Cão |
| Alcohol: | 20.0% |
| Residual sugar: | 118.0 g/l |
| Acid: | 4.9 g/l |
| Characteristics: | An intense ruby colored wine, with an aroma rich in ripe red berries and some chocolate notes. In the mouth it has a good freshness with young tannins that give it a long and elegant finish. |
| Drinking temperature: | 14 - 16 °C |
The LATE BOTTLED VINTAGE is from a year classified with "good", It confessed also under the name L.B.V.. It shows the qualities of a Vintage and stores 4 years on the barrel unlike it, before it is drawn on bottle. By the longer maturity in the mostly big wood barrel it is drinking ripe earlier as his big brother and form less depository.
Winemaking Process: Partial destemming, fermentation at controlled temperature (24 - 28 °C), when must reached the desired sweetness value, fermentation was interrupted by the add of brandy; following a period of maturation in oak barrels, in the warehouses of Vila Nova de Gaia; after approval was then bottled between the fourth and the sixth 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 |