Van Zellers & Co 10 Year Old Port 75cl
Description
🍇 Region : Douro
👨🔬 Winemaker : Cristiano van Zeller and Joana Pinhão
🌱 Grape Varieties : A blend of over 30 different red grape varieties, traditional to the Douro region, from old vines located in Cima Corgo, especially in the valleys of the Torto and Pinhão rivers.
🛠️ Winemaking : The grapes are foot-trodden before and during the fermentation process. When the must is ready to receive the grape brandy, fortification is done all at once by adding it to the must in the lagares (traditional stone troughs). Further foot-troddenness is necessary to ensure good homogenization of the wine and to stop fermentation. The blend of must and brandy remains in the lagar for another one to two days, with light foot-trodden foot-trodden only twice a day (10 minutes each time). You then collect and store it in vats along with the pressed wine (we use traditional presses). The wines age in very old (over 100 years old) Port wood barrels for an average of 10 years.
🧪 Analysis :
- Alcohol content: 20%
- pH: 3.57
- Baumé: 3.1
👃 Organoleptic Test
Van Zellers & Co.'s 10-Year-Old Tawny Port is a blend of old Ports with an average aging of 10 years in old wooden casks. The 10-Year-Old Port is bottled as ordered, allowing everyone to enjoy this beautiful wine for many years, sharing its natural evolution over time. It has complex notes of dried fruit with forest fruits, hints of orange peel and creamy caramel. Serve slightly chilled. WINEMAKERS: Cristiano van Zeller and Joana Pinhão. Humans have played an essential role in the creation of wines, which transport us to higher levels of pleasure and satisfaction. It all begins with the hand of man, who plants the vine, cares for it, and harvests the succulent grapes that this plant produces. Wines that are made by hand are blended with mastery similar to that of a perfumer. These wines result from the blending of wines from different barrels to create the final blend. The different notes
⏳ Potential for Evolution : Excellent aging potential, evolving in the bottle with greater aromatic complexity.
🍽️ Serving suggestion : Serve slightly chilled (12–14ºC). Once opened, keep tightly closed in a cool, dark place.
