KOPKE COLHEITA 75CL 1999
Portugal, Douro Valley
Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz, Touriga Franca, Tinta Barroca
Description
Kopke has always specialized in Tawny Ports which are an intrinsically Portuguese affair. Many of the vineyard owning families would lay down their best in large wooden "barrica" and leave them to gentyl mature in cask over many years.
Awards
95 pts Decanter Points
Wine & Spirits - 90 pts
Alcohol
20.0%
Analytical data
sweet/dessert
118.0 g/l residual sugar
4.6 g/l acidity
3.56 pH
Vineyard
Vine density: 2430
Yield: 30 hl/ha
Winemaker
Carlos Alves
Viticulture
Schist greywacke ante-Ordovician soil profile. The vineyards are dispersed along gentle slopes at horizontal levels as well as along the lines of greater slopes, called 'vinha ao alto'
Vinification
The wine-making process includes the halting of fermentation by adding the grape brandy, the blending of di erent wines and the ageing of the resulting wine.
Maturation
The wine is matured in oak
Aromas
Wood: moderate
Taste
Body: full
Bottling
Size: 0.750l
Packaging
Bottles per case: 6
GTIN: -- no barcode --
