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Quinta Do Vesuvio Port Vintage 2012
750ml - 1 Bottle
Bottle:
$60.62
The power of this wine is palpable. Great swathes of rich berry fruits roll around the palate with a not-too-sweet...
750ml
Bottle:
$68.84
Extremely aromatic with violet, blackberry and blueberry character. Full body, beautiful center palate and length....
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Quinta Do Vesuvio Port Vintage 2017
750ml - 1 Bottle
Bottle:
$68.38
The 2017 Vintage Port is a blend of 33% Touriga Nacional, 35% Touriga Franca, 15% Sousão and 12% Alicante Bouschet,...
750ml
Bottle:
$79.74
Expressive, with a wave of pure creamed plum, blackberry and blueberry fruit gliding through atop enticing anise and...
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Quinta Do Vesuvio
Region: Porto
Porto, situated in the Douro Valley of Portugal, has long been recognized as a vitally important center for viticulture and wine production. Of course, the city itself is most readily associated with the beautifully aromatic and utterly delicious Port wines, which have been continually popular around the world since the 18th century. The wineries in and around Porto know that their terroir is highly special, with a wonderful mix of gravelly and clay based soils, packed full of minerals carried by the river that flows through it. This, combined with the hot and sunny climate, creates perfect conditions for high quality grape cultivation, and there are dozens of varietals which thrive in and around Porto, many of which are used for making the famous fortified wines.
Country: Portugal
Benefiting from both the hot, dry Iberian climate as well as brisk Atlantic winds, Portugal is a perfectly situated country for vineyard cultivation and wine production. With a wine making history which stretches back thousands of years, it comes as little surprise that wine plays an important role in the cultural identity and practices of the country. The Phoenicians, the Carthaginians, the Greeks and the Romans all had a hand in forming Portugal as an important center for wine production, and over the millennia, this resulted in each region of this beautiful part of Europe producing its own distinctive wines easily identifiable and separate from neighboring Spain's. Today, the varied terroir and climate across Portugal allows a great range of wines to be made each year, from the fresh and dry Vinho Verde wines to the famous and widely drunk fortified Port wines, and many in between.