SandemanVintage Port 2016

Product code: 12517
£61.00 inc VAT
Portugal
Fortified Wine from
Douro, Portugal
Country
Country: Portugal
Region
Region: Douro
Type
Type: Fortified Wine
Winery
Winery: Sandeman
Alcohol
Alcohol: 20%
Volume
Volume: 750 ml
Winemaker
Winemaker: Luís Sottomayor
Grape
Grape: Tinto Roriz, Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Sousão, Tinto Cão
Grape: 40% Touriga Franca, 40% Touriga Nacional, 10% Tinta Roriz, 5% Tinto Cão, 5% Sousão
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Country
Country: Portugal
Region
Region: Douro
Type
Type: Fortified Wine
Winery
Winery: Sandeman
Alcohol
Alcohol: 20%
Volume
Volume: 750 ml
Winemaker
Winemaker: Luís Sottomayor
Grape
Grape: Tinto Roriz, Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Sousão, Tinto Cão
Grape: 40% Touriga Franca, 40% Touriga Nacional, 10% Tinta Roriz, 5% Tinto Cão, 5% Sousão

Product Notes

Sandeman Vintage Port is a premium fortified wine from the Douro Valley in Portugal. This vintage port is made from a blend of the finest grapes and is aged for two years in oak barrels before it is bottled. With its deep red color and complex aroma, Sandeman Vintage Port is a wine connoisseur's dream. On the palate, it has rich, fruity undertones with a hint of spice and the tannins are well-structured, ensuring a long finish. The wine has a high alcohol content, which is typical of vintage ports. Sandeman Vintage Port can be enjoyed on its own or paired with rich, savory dishes.

Tasting Notes

Deep purple in colour. On the nose intense and complex aromas of blackberry, black cherry and plum combine with spicy notes of cocoa, floral hints of rockrose and a subtle minerality. Velvety tannins coat the palate and a crisp acidity carries the layers of flavour onto the harmonious and lengthy finish. This is a powerful yet elegant Vintage Port, with great potential for ageing for many decades to come.

About the Winery

Sandeman

The Sandeman winery was first established in 1790 by brothers George and David Sandeman. Eight years later, David quit and moved on to a different job, leaving George Sandeman to handle the affairs of the winery.  With its headquarters in Portugal, the Sandeman winery is quite famous for its Port & Sherry brand of wines. When you go on a wine tourism tour to Portugal, you cannot afford to miss the Sandeman winery.

The Sandeman wine cellars are very popular and should be visited by wine lovers, without fail. You can find the Quinta do Seixo Wine Centre, the cellar of the Sandeman winery, right in the heart of the Douro Valley. You can book one of the many wine tours to enjoy a walk around the cellars and understand more about the authentic winemaking process of the most popular wine in Portugal. You can also get to taste some of the special Porto wine, which has been created by wineries here. When you opt for premium tours, you get a chance to taste three categories of wine –white, ruby and tawny.

Sandeman Porto and Sandeman Sherry are the two main varieties brewed in the Sandeman winery. The cellars of this winery are considered to be one of the best in Portugal for tasting wine. A man dressed as the trademark Sandeman Don (the person, whose logo you will find on all the bottles of wine from this winery) will take you through the process of wine-making and the significance of the cellars when you opt for a wine tour here. 

You will be surprised to the multiple barrels holding gallons of wines in them in different stages of maturation. You will get to know the process of ageing and why certain varieties of grapes are fermented in a different way than the other grapes. 

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