Quinta do Infantado Tawny Porto
Touriga Nacional, Touriga France, Tinto Roriz
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$19.99
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From Importer, Louis/Dressner
Douro, Portugal
Grapes:
Touriga Nacional, Touriga France, Tinto Roriz
Fun facts:
All the fruit comes from Class A vineyards (the highest classification in the Douro region). Infantado is the only estate in the entire Douro to have only Class A land. Read about it in the article "Quinta do Infantado: The Terroir From A to E".
A pipa or 'pipe' in English is the traditional 550-liter wooden cask used for aging, as well as measuring quantities of Port. It is ideal for Tawnies, as oxidation is promoted by its horizontal orientation, smaller capacity and thinner staves (versus the thicker ones of the huge wooden tanks called a tonel or balseiro used for Ruby and Vintage Ports).
Appellation:
Porto
Winemaking:
The fruit is hand-harvested, partly destemmed and fermented in lagar and tank. Fermentation is muted with 77% ABV grape brandy. The wine is aged in very old pipas. It finishes at a modest 19.5% alcohol and 84 grams per liter of residual sugar, in other words considerably drier and vinous than most Tawny Ports. The average age in bottle is four to five years before release.