Pintas Character 2017
Pintas Character es el hermano menor de Pintas (uno de los vinos con más fama del Valle del Douro). Un "Field Blend" con viñas viejas de más de 30 variedades autóctonas, por mencionar algunas: Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Barroca, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Barroca, Baga, Sousão, Tinta Amarela, Rufete, Tinto Cão...Character hereda la complejidad de su hermano mayor pero a cambio tiene un perfil más vigoroso y seductor. Un envejecimiento ligeramente más corto y un menor porcentaje de madera nueva permiten que sus notas florales y frutales destaquen sobre el conjunto.
Ficha técnica
Cata
Viñedo y elaboración
Opinión de los críticos
The 2017 Pintas Character is a field blend from old vines aged for 18 months in 80% used French oak. It comes in at 14% alcohol. Originally seen as a tank sample in Portugal last June, this is now bottled and in the USA. Although for the most part I tended to prefer the 2017s with the Manoellas, here I might pick the 2016 Character. Perhaps that is simply because this is less evolved. In terms of fruit intensity, this seems more concentrated (as with the Manoellas) but a little less complex. While there is that concentration of fruit, making this seem more like the essence of dry fruit, it feels no fuller in the mouth. And yet...as this airs out, it leaves more than a favorable impression. The gorgeous concentration of fruit—even while the wine never becomes jammy—makes me think this will win out in the end. It is just a little shy now.
La bodega
Wine & Soul
Superficie total de viñedo: 25 ha.
Añadas: 2017 2016
Vino muy cerrado, pero cuando se abre solo encontramos una pésima RCP.
Aunque destacan su fondo floral y frutal, muy caro para lo que ofrece.3,25☆ me parecería más que suficiente