The fortified wines Quinta de Vargellas Vinha Velha, vintage 2017 from the winery Taylor’s has been rated in 2020 by Ulrich Sautter with 100 Falstaff points. It is a wine made from the grape varieties Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tempranillo, Tinta Barocca from the region Douro in Portugal.
80 to 120-year-old vines. Overwhelmingly savoury on the nose: liquorice, cinnamon, allspice, red pepper, the fruit remains in the background. On the palate gripping, dense, complex aromatic underlay, intensely tactile, mineral. Extract and suppleness, sweetness and acidity are hardly perceived individually, everything forms a dense whole, loosely connected. At the same time, the wine has great length with the greatest homogeneity, finishes dry, but not with drying tannin.
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4401-501 Vila Nova de Gaia
Portugal
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