Quinta de Vargellas Vintage Porto 2019
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Portugal / Douro Valley Porto
The 2019 harvest has produced excellent wines with extensive longevity to age in bottle. Quinta de Vargellas 2019 Port shows the elegance and composure which we associate with this great estate.
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2019 vintage
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2019 vintage
Harvest Note
The season was drier and cooler than average. Véraison occurred around mid-July. Despite a hot start to the summer, cooler and rainy weather in August balanced the crop. This led to elegant 2019 wines with crisp acidity and vibrant fruit. Harvesting began on September 4 in the eastern Douro and September 14 in Pinhão. Yields were nearly 10% lower than average, but the crop was healthy, resulting in aromatic wines. The wines are have a high natural acidity and greater than normal color intensity.
Tasting Note
Deep purple with a red rim and magenta highlights, this wine offers elegance and finesse. The nose features bright raspberry and cherry fruit with subtle herbal and floral notes. The palate is compact and racy with vibrant acidity and fine tannins. Vargellas’ distinctive fruit quality is evident, combining focus, definition, and seductive complexity.
Technical Data
GRAPES: Touriga Nacional, Touriga Francesa, Tinto Cao, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Barroca
APPELLATION: Duoro
PH: 3.61
ACIDITY: 4.90 g/L (Tartaric Acid)
ABV: 20%
AGING: 2 years in large oak vats
RESIDUAL SUGAR: 98 g/l
Unique Selling Points
- Taylor Fladgate vintage Porto is one of the most collectible, age worthy Ports.
- A single-quinta vintage Porto from one of the most revered vineyards in the world: Quinta de Vargellas
“We focus on making vintage quality from all of ourgrapes. As a result, we will produce the highest-qualityPort in every category.”
Adrian Bridge, CEO
About the Grape
Tinta Amarela
Tinta Amarela makes wines with intensely perfumed aromas of blackberry and tea, bold structure, deep color and excellent depth.
Tinta Barroca
Used to make Port wines, this high yielding grape has very high sugar content, which makes wines with pronounced floral character, good structure and firm, ripe tannins.
Tinta Cão
This grape has blackberry, game and meaty aromas, and contributes longevity and exceptional elegance to the blend of Port wines.
Tinta Roriz
Tinta Roriz produces deep-colored grapes of moderate acidity which make bold wines with firm tannins, excellent complexity and distinctive resin-like fragrance.
Touriga Franca
This grape has high tannins and is very aromatic; it lends structure and balance to Port wines. It shows intense fresh red fruit, earth and flower aromas, and is very fruity on the palate.
Touriga Nacional
Touriga Nacional produces wine with finesse, body and warmth that is dark, concentrated, massively tannic and aromatic. It ages to show the complex aromas typically found in mature vintage port.
