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Now at the start of its long plateau of maturity, with its deep colour just beginning to fade at the rim, this rich, ripe Single-Quinta Vintage Port offers typical aromas of violets and roses supported by a smooth generous palate of lush, sweet dried and forest fruits.
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Type | Vegan Friendly, Red, Fortified |
Vintage | 2005 |
When to Drink | Now |
Producer | Smith Woodhouse |
Region | Portugal |
Grapes | Touriga Franca, Sousao, Tinta Amarela, Tinta Cao, Tinta Francisca, Tinta Roriz, Touriga Nacional |
Pairing | Cheese |
ABV | 20% |
Volume | 75cl (Full Bottle) |
The Symington family is the dominant force in the Port trade. They own 2,400 hectares of land in the Douro Valley across 26 individual Quintas (Estates) where over 1,000 hectares are planted with vines. They own several well-known brands of Port, and since 1999 have been producing table wines from the Douro.
The Port houses they control include Graham’s, Dow’s, Warre’s, Quinta do Vesuvio, Smith Woodhouse, Gould Campbell, Quarles Harris and most recently in 2010, Cockburn.
The family has been present in the Douro for five generations, having been founded in 1882 when Andrew James Symington, a Scot who arrived in Oporto, started working for Graham’s before becoming a partner of Warre & Co and Dow’s Port. Over 70% of the Port wine sold by Symington brands is produced from grapes grown on their own properties.
Their Douro wines include the Altano range, whose home is now Quinta do Ataíde in the Vilariça valley in the upper Douro, and flagship Chryseia, which along with Post Scriptum and Prazo de Roriz, are produced at Quinta de Roriz in a joint venture with Bruno Prats, ex of Château Cos d'Estournel in Bordeaux.
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