Quinta Gaivosa Port Late Bottled Vintage 2018
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ProducerAlves de Sousa
RegionDouro
GrapesTinta Roriz, Touriga Franca, Tinto Cão, Touriga Nacional
Ageing4 years’ ageing
Alcohol19.5%vol
| Producer | Alves de Sousa |
| Region | Douro |
| Grapes | Tinta Roriz, Touriga Franca, Tinto Cão, Touriga Nacional |
| Ageing | 4 years’ ageing |
| Alcohol | 19.5%vol |
| Serving | 16-18°C |
| Scores | 93/100 Decanter World Wine Awards |
LBV 2018: dried black plums, liquorice and dark chocolate, full yet smooth.
Tasting note
Flavours of dried black plums and liquorice. Full yet very smooth, with macerated cherries and dark chocolate, firm but well-integrated tannins and a long, harmonious finish.
The story
A Late Bottled Vintage comes from a single year and ages longer in cask than a Vintage Port. This LBV aged for 4 years.
Quinta da Gaivosa lies in the Baixo Corgo, on the right bank of the Corgo, not far from Vila Real. It is the family’s home base, with old vineyards where dozens of varieties grow together. The winery, designed by architect Belém Lima, has won several architecture and wine tourism awards.
Food pairing
Delicious with Black Forest gateau, blue cheeses such as Stilton and aged sheep’s cheese.
The producer
Winemaking is a family tradition for Domingos Alves de Sousa: his father Edmundo and his grandfather Domingos were already Douro winegrowers. Trained as a civil engineer, in 1987 he devoted himself fully to the quintas he had inherited. For years he supplied grapes to big houses such as Casa Ferreirinha and Borges. After the crisis of the late 1980s and the disastrous 1988 harvest, he decided to make and bottle his own wine. He built a winery at Quinta da Gaivosa and in 1992 released his first wine, the Quinta do Vale da Raposa Branco 1991.
Revista de Vinhos named him Producer of the Year in 1999 and 2006: he was the first ever to win the title twice. Since 2002 his son Tiago, who holds a doctorate in viticulture, has been the winemaker. The family uses only grapes from its own six quintas: Gaivosa, Vale da Raposa, Caldas, Estação, Aveleira and Oliveirinha.
Critics & Awards
18/20 Grandes Escolhas | Tasted: Sep 2020
93/100 Decanter World Wine Awards | Tasted: Jan 2021
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