Description

✨ Overview
The climatic conditions in the 1935 vintage year: another dry winter, a cool and damp spring, and a changeable summer. In 1935, there were also some memorable wines in the Douro.

🍇 Region : Douro

👨‍🔬 Winemaker : Cristiano van Zeller

🌱 Grapes : Created 100% from over 30 red grape varieties, this Very Old Tawny Port ages in very old barrels until bottling.

🛠️ Winemaking : All grapes are foot-trodden in traditional granite lagares until fermentation is stopped with the addition of grape brandy. These wines are carefully aged in old oak barrels for many years. This slow aging process over time causes the wine to transform its vibrant red color into more amber and coppery tones, thus creating a Tawny Port. The longer the wine spends in barrels, the more it concentrates flavors of honey, toffee, caramel, tobacco, dark or white chocolate, ripe or dried fruits such as raisins, dried figs, and plums. The wines are bottled only to order. As the harvest is kept separate throughout its aging and is not blended with any other year, this wine is bottled as a Very Old Tawny Colheita.

🧪 Analysis :

Alcohol content: 20%
pH: 4.97
Total acidity: 5.61 g/l
Volatile acidity: 2.00 g/l
Total SO₂: 75 mg/l
Baumé: 5.2

👃 Organoleptic Test
Dark orange color with an olive green rim. Full of nasal aromas, hazelnuts and other dried fruits, orange blossom, caramel. Intense and rich, spicy, honeyed and full of refreshing acidity. A remarkable wine that can be paired with desserts such as crème brûlée, mille-feuille, or you can enjoy this wine as a dessert wine. Always serve chilled. WINEMAKER Cristiano van Zeller 1935 HARVEST VERY OLD TAWNY PORT www.facebook.com/vanzellersandco/ | www.instagram.com/vanzellersandco/ www.vanzellersandco.com

⏳ 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.