Comboio do Vesúvio 2020 Red Wine

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<p></p><p>The story of Dow’s is unusual amongst all the great Port houses. It began in 1798 when Bruno da Silva, a Portuguese merchant from Oporto, made a journey which was the opposite to that of the first British merchants. The Port shipping business was continued by Bruno’s son, John da Silva who in 1862 brought into partnership Frederick William Cosens. With the continuing expansion of the firm, Edward da Silva and Frederick Cosens were joined by George Acheson Warre, whose well known family had been involved in the Port trade since its earliest years. In 1877, Silva &amp; Cosens merged with another leading Port company, Dow &amp; Co.</p> <p>Although smaller than Silva &amp; Cosens, Dow &amp; Co had become a very highly regarded Port producer with a particularly fine reputation for its Vintage Ports and when the two companies merged, it was decided to adopt DOW’S as the brand name</p> <p>For over two centuries the name of DOW has been associated with the finest Port from the vineyards of the Upper Douro Valley. Throughout the 20th Century and into the 21st, the Symington family has built on the legacy of the preceding Silva and Dow families.</p> <p>Dow’s attractive and distinctive drier finish is the recognisable hallmark of the wines from this great Port house</p> <p> </p>

Dqbvt4779

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<p></p><p><span>Noval LBv is a remarkable example of the Noval style. Treated exactly like a Vintage Port with only noble grape varieties from the Quinta, trodden by foot and unfiltered. Its main difference is that it is aged for four, sometimes five years in wooden vats instead of the two years typical of Vintage Ports</span></p>

Qnlbv4619

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<p></p><p>Graham's was one of the first Port companies to invest in its own vineyards in Portugal’s Douro Valley in 1890 and is now at the cutting edge of innovation in winemaking techniques. This makes Graham’s a pioneer since always. <br />Today five cousins of Symington family share responsibility for every aspect of the company and personally make the Graham’s wines</p> <p></p> <p> </p> <p></p>

Gryo925

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<p></p><p>Quinta do Noval is one of the oldest and most prestigious wine houses in Oporto, producing most of its wines from its own grapes</p> <p></p>

Qnc8895

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<p></p><p>Amilcar Salgado, owner of Quinta do Arcossó, is an oenologist and wine producer with great connection to the region where this farm is located, Ribeira de Oura, near Vidago, Trás-os-Montes, in the north of Portugal. It is a region with great wine-growing traditions, dating back to the Roman occupation, in the first centuries of our era</p>

Qaba5112

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<p></p><p><span>Quinta de Marrocos </span><span>vineyards</span><span> extend up to 180m altitude, on </span><span>terraces</span><span> supported by stone walls. Exposure to the north is one of the key points, favoring a slow maturation of grapes: the altitude offers warm temperatures, the river breeze cools the vineyards at night. The average slope of 80% prevents mechanization, requiring an </span><span>"heroic" viticulture</span><span>. All work is manual, a </span><span>century-old heritage</span><span> that we want to keep, in respect for the age of the vines and the quality of the grapes. The low yields are inherent to this type of vines, without irrigation, in low fertility and a slightly acid pH schist soils.</span></p>

Qmw7717

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<p></p><p><span>The majority of this Crusted Port bottled in 2014 comes from the Niepoort Pisca vineyard and several vineyards in Vale de Mendiz harvested in 2011, along with a couple of small vineyard parcels from Casal de Loivos high up above Pinhão from the 2012 harvest</span></p>

Nicr

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<p></p><p><span>The Bioma Red by Niepoort is an organically produced, SATIVA-certified wine created exclusively from our Quinta de Nápoles vineyards whose vines are quite young, with an age of approximately 25 years</span></p> <p> </p>

Bm4143

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<p></p><p>Quinta do Soito is in a rustic and bucolic landscape that we invite you to discover the Quinta do Soito, located between the Serra da Estrela and Serra do Caramulo.</p>

Soitrr6704

5/ 5

<p></p><p>Cizeron Wines producer</p>

Cr8430

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<p></p><p>Poças Junior is a Port wine and Douro wine producer</p>

Cord5901

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<p></p><p>In the 90's, one hundred hectares of Quinta do Noval were replanted, adapting the pruning methods to the needs of each plot. Currently, this estate has high quality grapes which, on the one hand, guarantee the excellence of Quinta do Noval's Port wines and, on the other hand, the production of Douro wines since 2004.</p>

Qnrr8030

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<p></p><p>Quinta do Portal is a Portuguese, family and independent house that embraced with all passion the concept of "Boutique Winery", dedicated to the production of DOC Douro wines, Port Wines of special categories and Moscatel.</p>

Murrd4270

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<p></p><p>Casa da Esteira White Wine presents in colour greenish citrus. All in all, it is an explosive and funky white. The nose shows a lot of freshness, with primary aromas of melon followed by lime, lemon and orange blossom, but also notes of lychee</p>

CasaEsteiraW7583

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<p></p><p>A Douro red wine from the producer Lamivinhos, Lamego.</p>

quev234

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<p></p><p>In the oldest wine region in the world, the Quinta da Penalva or Perdiz was born in the 1990s. This arose from the joining of small plots of land, mostly old vines, inherited from ancestors for whom the cultivation of vines was of little secret, as they had always done it. Later, and already with the current owner, more parcels were added, thus joining the old vines to new plantations, cultivated using the most recent planting techniques</p>

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