O Produtor, tasting note published in August 31st 2018
Medium-dry, balanced, and elegant Vintage Ports, such as this 2016 Quinta do Infantado Porto Vintage, are excellent on the table with a wide variety of cheeses: the classic blue cheeses (Stilton, Roquefort, Gorgonzola, or Cabrales) and the Portuguese Serra, Azeitão, Ilhas (São Jorge and São Miguel with 7 or more months of aging), Amarelo da Beira Baixa, Serpa, Nisa… In desserts, chocolate offers many excellent preparations with Quinta do Infantado Vintage Port.
Class A vineyards (the highest classification in the Douro Demarcated Region). The Vintages from Quinta do Infantado originate from Old Vines with a wide variety of noble grape varieties from the Douro. All vineyards are cultivated in certified integrated production, seeking to minimize negative impacts on the environment.
Winemaking: Grapes transported in 20 kg crates. Mechanical crushing with partial destemming. Fermentation in lagar with mechanical treading. Indigenous yeasts. Fermentation halted with 77% grape spirit. Aging in large wooden vats and casks over 100 years old. Bottled at the estate, without fining or filtration, on August 31, 2018, 816 magnums, 6534 bottles, and 1001 halves, all numbered.
Viticulture: José Carlos Oliveira and João Roseira.
Winemaking: Luís Soares Duarte and Álvaro Roseira.
Allergens information
Contains sulphites.
SKU: 107300
Quinta do Infantado
The history of Quinta do Infantado is already long, since its creation in 1816. Established for Infante D. Pedro, future King D. Pedro IV of Portugal and D. Pedro I of Brazil, it has been in the possession of the Roseira family for over a century. Located about 4km from Pinhão, in the unique terroir of the Gontelho Valley, a micro-region long famous for the quality of its wines.
For six generations, the “Roseira” family of Covas do Douro have lived with passion and enthusiasm a life of vineyards and wines.
The first two generations only cultivated the vines. With the purchase of Quinta do Infantado, João Lopes Roseira began the production of fortified wine.
In 1979, his sons Luís and António, based on the concepts of terroir and vigneron, began to bottle the Ports from their production, thus realizing the family’s dream. With this innovation, Quinta do Infantado became the first producer to bottle Port wine, breaking the monopoly of the merchants of Vila Nova de Gaia.
After their death, their heirs continue to seek maximum quality and maintain the course of innovating in tradition.
Address
Quinta do Infantado, Chanceleiros, Pinhão, Portugal
