Quinta do Crasto Vintage Porto 2016 (750ml)

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Producer	Quinta do Crasto
Country	Portugal
Region	Douro
Subregion	Porto
Varietal	Port Blend
Vintage	2016
Sku	14355
Size	750ml

 

WE

96

WA

91-93

Opaque in color. Very expressive on the nose, showing fresh notes of berry fruit in perfect harmony with delicate hints of gum cistus. Vigorous attack on the palate, evolving into a solid wine, with a compact structure of massive yet elegant tannins that are well integrated with the berry fruit flavors. Balanced and lingering finish. Bottled without filtration, this wine meets all the conditions for evolving positively in the bottle.

The grapes used to make our Vintage Ports come from our best old vines. They are then foot trodden in old stone tanks called “lagares”.

Our Vintage Ports are bottled unfiltered after maturing for two years in large Portuguese oak vats. When young they are usually a very dark ruby in colour almost opaque with intense aromas of very ripe fruit. Combining in highly complex wines that have great longevity.

Big tannins coupled with dark fruits have produced a powerful wine with a long-term future. The wine has a dense structure, while also having richness. This is a wine that should age very well, richly textured with minerality as well as bold black fruits. Drink from 2028. Cellar Selection -R.V.

The 2016 Vintage Port is a field blend with 96 grams of sugar. This is the final blend and out of cask, set to be bottled in a week or so. Sweet up front, although the paper statistics don't suggest that, this has plenty of tannic pop on the finish. Manuel Lobo, comparing to the 2015, said that the fruit was better on the 2015, while this 2016 had more muscle. Despite the power, this should be approachable fairly young, in the context of Vintage Port. At this point, I'd prefer the 2015, but we'll how they both age in time. With Port, that's always the final answer. This might have more room to grow. There were 22,000 bottles produced. Anticipated Maturity: 2026-2055