Quinta do Noval Vintage 2018 Ruby

Outstanding for its exceptional features, the Sandeman Porto Vintage 2016 is a wine that will age in the bottle for 30 or 40 years. This excellent Vintage Porto 2016 is an example of Sandeman's commitment to the quality of Port wine. This wine has an opaque, almost black color. The aroma is intense and complex, with prominent notes of ripe black fruit, resin as well as notes of cocoa and chocolate as a result of its excellent maturation. Great volume on the palate with a vibrant, fresh acidity, firm, high-quality tannins, floral notes of stew and notes of black fruit and chocolate. A great invitation for the very long and elegant finale. Using the traditional technology of Port Wine, this wine was vinified in the Quinta do Seixo winery, grapes originating both there and in Quinta do Vau. In addition to the selection process, the grapes were subjected to crushing and stalking before undergoing a very intense maceration during alcoholic fermentation, by treading on granite wineries at controlled temperatures automatically. The balance and harmony of this wine, as well as its body and structure, result from the selection of the best grapes, the intensity of the maceration and the choice of the right moment to stop the fermentation. Contains sulfites.

For over two centuries the name Dow's is referred to as one of the best Port wines. Throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, the Symington generations have worked in Quinta do Bomfim and Quinta da Senhora da Ribeira creating, from these vines, wines superbly concentrated, intense and tannic when young, with aging appear the elegance and the perfume with aromas of violet and mint. The driest finish constitutes the distinctive brand image of the wines of this great company of Port Wines. Deep purple color, so dark that it's almost blue / black. This is a wine of great vigor, with excellent aromas of plums and cassis. In the mouth, it has the typical flavors of Dow's, licorice and spices, as well as great depth and structure. It presents surprising aromas of ripe fruit giving it a wonderful complexity, ending with vigorous and firm tannins and a typical spicy dryness. A wine that has guaranteed to last and develop the maximum potential. Contains sulfites.

After gentle crushing with partial destemming, a very intense maceration was followed during the period of alcoholic fermentation, with which it was intended to obtain the highest possible extraction of the quality constituents in the films. This maceration is obtained through the steps of traditional granite winches, with controlled temperature at about 28ºC. During this phase not only a strict control of the fermentation temperatures, but also of the density was chosen, thus choosing the ideal moment for the addition of the neutral wine spirit necessary for the stop of fermentation. Very intense, of an almost opaque dark red . Aromatically very rich, the black fruit like plum, the balsamic aromas of resin and cedar, and some floral notes of the "subois", as well as spices such as cloves and nutmeg, stand out on the nose. In the mouth it has an excellent volume, good acidity, lively but well integrated tannins, and notes of black fruit, in particular the plum again, but also cherry. Its end is long and intense. Contains sulfites.