Quinta do Vallado Reserva Field Blend 2017
Descripción
En Douro existen viñedos muy viejos en los que las variedades crecen entremezcladas entre si, siendo practicamente imposible una identificación clara de cada una. Es de una viña con estas características, y que alcanza los 100 años de edad, de donde provienen las uvas para la elaboración de este tinto. En él se estima que hay más de 35 diferentes, con un claro protagonismo de Tinta roriz, Tinta amarela, Touriga franca y Tinta barroca. Un tinto complejo e intenso, pleno de aromas y sabores muy concentrados que seducen a cada sorbo.
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Viñedo y elaboración
Opinión de los críticos
The 2017 Reserva was only in bottle for a few weeks when seen. It is a field blend (some 32 grapes from centenarian vines), principally Tinta Roriz, Tinta Amarela, Touriga Franca and Tinta Barroca, all aged for 16 months in 20% new French barriques. It comes in at 14.5% alcohol. Of all of Vallado's fine reds this issue, this might be the most refined. Sensually textured, it has plenty of power on the finish to go with its beautiful mid-palate finesse. It seems very sophisticated. Focused and precise, this looks like a great Reserva from Vallado. Plus, considering the wave of pricey upper-level wines lately, it's also a relative value point in the lineup. How well will it age? Let's start here—but be prepared to cellar it for a few years, at the least, to allow it to become more expressive. There were 43,400 bottles produced, plus 800 magnums.
Blackberry, black-olive and blueberry aromas with dark chocolate and hints of spice. Some walnut, too. It’s full-bodied, yet tight and refined with polished, fine tannins. Needs time to open and soften. Plenty of potential. Firm and tight. Drink after 2022.
From a field blend of 34 varieties, this wine is richly structured, dense and firm, yet still retains a ripe and fruity core. Partial foot-treading in open lagars has given the wine depth and dark concentration of black fruit flavors. Drink from 2022.
Añadas: 2019 2017
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