Colheita Port
Appellation
Porto, IVDP Selo de Garantia
Farming
Sustainable, Organic, Biodynamic, Vegan
Varieties
Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinto Cão, Tinta Francisca, Tinta Amarela, Sousão, Tinta Roriz
Vineyards & Viticulture
Vines come from low-yielding vineyards in the Cima Corgo region: Vale do Pinhão and Ferrão, with a vine age in excess of 60 years.
Soils
Schist
Harvest & Vinification
Colheita Ports are Tawnies which come from a single vintage and are aged in old barrels for a minimum period of seven years prior to bottling. The grapes are manually harvested and received in 25-kilo holders at the Vale de Mendiz, then foot-trodden in round, temperature-controlled granite lagares for four hours everyday after harvest by 25-30 people. Fermentation takes place over 2-3 days with 100% stem inclusion. Wine is then fortified after 50% of fermentation is complete with high quality brandy spirit, then aged in in small, over 50 year-old oak casks (550 and 600 L) at Vila Nova de Gaia for seven years before bottling. Residual sugar is 99 g/L.
