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Messias Vintage Port 1980
Vinhos Messias belongs to the seven most successful wine-growing estates of Portugal.
Year 1980 - 0,75 liter - 20% ABV
€ 202,67 / 1 liter, prices incl. VAT plus shipping costs
Contains sulphites
in stock
€ 152,00
| Article: | Messias Vintage Port 1980 Quinta do Cachão |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Region: | Douro |
| Category: | Vintage - Port, Tawny |
| Producer: | Vinhos Messias |
| Vintage: | 1980 |
| Grape variety: | Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Barroca, Tinta Roriz, Tinto Cão |
| Alcohol: | 20% |
| Residual sugar: | 104.55 g/l |
| Acid: | 3.68 g/l |
| Characteristics: | Amber colour. On the nose complex aromas with notes of spices and nuts, in the mouth it is a delicate wine with an interesting retronasal attack accompanied with a nice and persistent finish. |
| Special: | Drink from now on and also still storable. |
| Drinking temperature: | 16 - 18 °C |
Winemaking Process: Wine fermented after partial destemming at controlled temperature (24-28ºC), when must reached the desired sweetness value, fermentation was interrupted by the ad 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 second and third year.
Vintage Port is a year port from an only, extremely good wine year, with a very fine bouquet and of deeply deep red colour. Vintage ports are drawn on bottles after two to three years barrel maturity. They further mature here. Since the Vintage ages in bottles, it must be carefully decanted before enjoying.
| 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 |