Deze Vintage Port uit 2024, gefermenteerd door het met de voeten stampen in stenen lagares, is een Douro-blend bestaande uit 47% Touriga Franca, 30% Touriga Nacional, 13% Alicante Bouschet en 10% Sousão, allemaal geproduceerd door Quinta do Vesuvio.
In de winter viel er overvloedige regen en het milde weer hield aan tot in de vroege zomer; in augustus viel er echter helemaal geen regen, wat leidde tot aanhoudende droogte. Sommige jonge wijnstokken hadden zelfs last van waterstress. In augustus en september bleven de dagen echter helder en de nachten koel, waardoor de druiven hun frisheid konden behouden – een eigenschap die duidelijk tot uiting komt in de zuurgraad van de wijn. Er werden slechts 1.510 kisten geproduceerd.
De wijn heeft 18 maanden gerijpt in grote eikenhouten vaten voordat hij werd gebotteld. Decanteren wordt aanbevolen. Deze wijn komt het best tot zijn recht tussen 2034 en 2078.
Quinta do Vesuvio produceert zowel Douro DOC-wijnen als Vintage Ports.
Robert Parker (97)
The 2024 Vintage Port was produced with 47% Touriga Franca (the highest amount of other Vintage Ports), 30% Touriga Nacional, 13% Alicante Bouschet and 10% Sousão. It was fermented with indigenous yeasts in lagar and matured in large oak vessels for 18 months. It's full of energy and tension, is harmonious and has so much going on. This has more Touriga Franca than any of their other Vintage Ports, and it's also the sweetest, but it has phenomenal concentration and higher acidity and comes through as balanced. It is juicy and opulent, with balance. Aromatic, it develops hints of rosemary with time in the glass. It has 20% alcohol, a pH of 3.65 and 110 grams of acidity. 18,120 bottles produced.
James Suckling (98)
Aromas of asphalt, violets, dark fruit and a touch of tobacco. This very expressive wine is tight and incisive with a precise tannic structure, showing dark fruit and balanced sweetness. Savory finish. Best from 2030.
Jancis Robinson (19)
Estate in the Douro Superior. A foot-trodden blend of 47% Touriga Franca, 30% Touriga Nacional, 13% Alicante Bouschet, 10% Sousão. Only Vesuvio and Capela do Vesuvio are foot-trodden and Charles Symington believes the machines do the job as well or better even if it is less romantic. TA 4.8 g/l, RS 110 g/l. Bottled May 2026 without filtration. 1,510 cases, ie 4% of the vineyard’s production in 2024.
Black core with narrow purple rim. Relatively high proportion of Touriga Franca. Darker and less sweet smelling than some of the Symington ports, with the savour of black olive but also highly aromatic with violets and fresh herbs. Sweet and rich and with the sweet spice of Alicante Bouschet, which does well in the heat. On the palate, sweet black fruit covers the massive tannins. Balanced by terrific freshness. Powerful but polished tannins. Immense length. Julia Harding MW
