Quinta do Vesuvio Vintage Port

In the glass

What it pairs with

• Stilton
  Dense black fruit cut by blue cheese.
• Dark chocolate
  Cocoa and wild herb.
• Roast game Find roast game on TableJourney →
  Firm structure for gamey meat.

History

Bought by the Symingtons in 1989, Vesuvio makes a single-quinta Vintage Port every declared year, still trodden by foot in its granite lagares.

1. 1827 — Estate established
2. 1989 — Symington family acquires Vesuvio

Facts

Producer

Quinta do Vesuvio

Grapes

Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Barroca, Tinta Amarela, Alicante Bouschet

Classification

DOC Porto

Oak

Foot-trodden in granite lagares, aged in vat then bottle-matured

ABV

20.0%

Price

EUR 90 to 160 at release

Drinking window

20 to 50 from vintage

First vintage

1989

Scores

• Wine Advocate 97 (2017 vintage, reviewed 2019)
• Wine Spectator 95 (2015 vintage, reviewed 2018)

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