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Taste Profile
Notes: Cherry, Currant, Blackberry Dark chocolate Violet Mineral
Body: Full
Dryness: Very Dry
Acidity: Medium
Tannin: Medium +
Alcohol (%): 14.5
Winemaking
Origin: Douro Valley, Portugal
Maker: Wine & Soul
Grape:
- Touriga Franca
- Tempranillo (Aragonez, Tinta Fino, Tinta Roriz)
- Touriga Nacional
Fermentation: Heavy Wood
Awards: >90
Serving Recommendations
Decanting: 1 hour
Asian Food Pairing: Taiwanese sausage clay pot rice, Mongolian beef, Wagyu don
Western Food Pairing: Lamb chops, Beef ragu, Portuguese wild boar stew
Description
Wine & Soul Pintas 2018
Wine & Soul Pintas has an intense purple colour. Complex, sophisticated and harmonious. The nose opens with pure and rich notes of black cherry, blackcurrant, florals and spice. The full-bodied, deep and round palate is balanced by a notable acidity and focused fine tannins. Ripe black cherry, blackberry and dark chocolate flavours with expressive minerality. Amazing fruit and a terrific savoury finish.
A field blend of more than 40 different indigenous grape varieties from an 88-year-old vineyard in Cima Corgo, Pinhão Valley, Vale de Mendiz.
Harvesting the fruit in the second week of September in perfect weather conditions. The grapes go through a careful selection, destemming, and were foot trodden in stone lagares during the 10 day fermentation process. Ageing and malolactic fermentation in French oak barrels for 20 months.
AWARDS & ACCOLADES
- 95 POINTS
- 94 POINTS
This red offers power, with full, supple tannins containing the ripe black cherry and steeped boysenberry flavors infused with toast, graphite and baking spice accents. A vibrant acidity keeps this focused, with elements of anise and herb marking the finish.
Trodden by foot in open lagars and then aged in wood for nearly two years, this wine is darkly colored and densely textured. It comes from a field blend of old vines. It is richly structured and sure to age well. Don't drink before 2024.
- 93 POINTS
Closing in on 90 years of age, the Vale Mendiz parcel that Jorge Serodio Borges and Sandra Tavares farm for Pintas yielded a voluptuous 2018. The fruit comes first, effusive berries in reds and blues, then the flowers and herbs back it up, and the wine lasts on scents of bay leaf and rosemary. It’s clean and brisk with peppery refinement to the tannins keeping the wine focused and showing off its youthful energy. This will need years in the cellar to reach peak drinking.