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Alves de Sousa Gaivosa Porto 10 Year Old Tawny NV

A complex and charming icon of Duoro
Touriga Franca
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Black Fruit, Preserved Fruit, and Concentrated / Preserved Fruit, Sweet Spice, Reductive & Oxidative Nuttiness, and Leather / Earthy

BODY: Full
DRYNESS:
Sweet
ACIDITY:
Medium
TANNIN:
Medium
ALCOHOL (%):
High (More than 14%)

Origin: Douro Valley, Portugal

Grape Varietals:
Touriga Franca

Winemaking:

Fortification

Maturation: >24 Months Oak Barrels

Awards:

  • Robert Parker Good 80-89pts

WESTERN FOOD PAIRING
Cheeses, Panna cotta, creme brulee

ASIAN FOOD PAIRING
Egg tarts, chinese steamed egg pudding, Japanese cheesecake

Description

Alves de Sousa Quinta da Gaivosa Porto 10 Year Old Tawny NV

Grape Varietals & Region: A blend of Touriga Franca, Tinto Cão, Tinta Barroca, and more. A blend of the best Port wine's batches ageing in oak casks, produced from different grape varieties of old vines. The fruit comes from Alves de Dousa's family vineyards in Quinta da Gaivosa, one of the highest and coolest points of Gaivosa in the heart of the Duoro Valley. The old vines grow in south facing vineyards with schist and clay soils.

Taste Profile: Alves de Sousa Quinta da Gaivosa Porto 10 Year Old Tawny has an amber colour with flashes of light red. Caramel, spice and macerated raspberries fill the nose. Beautiful evolution towards complex wood ageing flavours and great finesse. The palate offers layered flavours of red plum, coffee, raisins, cinnamon spice and a hint of almond nuts. 

Winemaking Process: Fermentation with indigenous yeasts at a temperature between 20-25ºc for 3 to 4 days. Interruption of fermentation with wine spirit. The wine ages for 10 years in old French oak barrels.