Maynard's - Colheita Port 1963 (750ml)

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Producer	Maynard's
Country	Portugal
Region	Duriense
Subregion	Porto
Varietal	Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Barroca, Tinto Cao
Vintage	1963
Sku	122839
Size	750ml

Maynard's Description

Winemaking:
Colheita is a port from a single harvest, aged in oak casks for, at least, seven years and bottled by demand. The Maynard's Colheitas has been carefully selected and matured in seasoned oak casks to produce a rich mellowness with the finest balance and elegance of old tawnies.

Grape Varieties:
Touriga Nacional,Touriga Franca,Tinta Roriz,Tinta Barroca,Tinto Cão

Tasting Notes:
Very complex nose with marked volatile acidity, exotic wood, liquorice sauce, orange zest, lavender and light nougat. Medium weight, elegant and quite intense, with walnut skin tannins, fine sweetness, volatile acidity giving freshness. Long and complex, exotic wood, tobacco, prune sauce, fine freshness from volatile acidity, some citrus, sweet nut. Lovely wine, elegant, intense and complex.

Store and Serve Advices:
The wine should be stored in a fresh, dry and dark place, without temperature variations, and the bottle must remain up-right. As a natural product, the Port Wine is subject to create deposit when ageing. To guarantee the plenitude of its freshness and quality, the wine shall be consumed preferentially with the shortest time in bottle. Serve at a temperature between 12 and 14ºC.

Food Pairing:
Slightly refreshed, expresses all the finesse and sophistication when combined with caramel desserts, dried fruits and spices, like caramel fondant with apple and ginger jelly, tatin tart, burnt cream and Cheeses of minimum intensity. Despite the age, the freshness remains. Extraordinary marriage with a refreshing tangerine parfait. The multiplicity of possible harmonies is amazing, having the consumer the pleasure to go in search of new flavours.

Allergens:
Contains sulphites.

Reviews and Awards:
. 18,5 points in Revista de Vinhos.

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