Quinta do Infantado NV Porto Tawny
| Description: | From exclusively Class A parcels (Serra di Cima and Serra Douro) totaling 12 hectares on poor schist soils. The fruit is hand-harvested, partly destemmed and fermented in lagar and tank; fermentation is stopped with 77-degree grape brandy. The wine is aged in very old pipas. A pipa or "pipe" in English is the traditional 550-liter wooden cask used for aging, as well as measuring quantities of, port; it is ideal for tawnies, as oxidation is promoted by its horizontal orientation, smaller capacity and thinner staves (versus the thicker ones of the huge wooden tank called a tonel or balseiro used for ruby and vintage ports). Infantado tawny finishes at a modest 19.5% alcohol and 70 g/liter Rs, considerably drier than most tawnies. The average age in bottle is 4-5 years. Practicing Organic Wine made from grapes grown without synthetic pesticides, |
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| Price: | $ 19.99 |
| Price in original currency: | None |
Available from Chambers Street Wines
| Address: |
160 Chambers Street New York, NY 10007 United States |
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| Telephone (regular): | 212-227-1434 |
| Fax: | 212-227-7978 |
First added to 1000 Corks on June 29, 2024.
