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SKU 785429
$61.50/bottle
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The 2003 Colheita offers a medium ruby color as well as impressive notes of caramelized cherries, figs, orange blossom, and coffee. It’s rich, full-bodied, impeccably balanced, and a classic Colheita that will keep for decades. This cuvée is 40% Touriga Nacional and the balance 20% each of Tinta Roriz, Touriga Franca, and Tinto Cão.
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.
Region
Porto
The magnificent city of Porto - the capital of Portugal - is located near the mouth of the beautiful Douro river, in the beating heart of the Douro wine region. The Douro region has been regarded as one of the most important viticultural region of Europe for several centuries, and was the third region to be officially recognized and protected as a wine region, with laws having been passed in the mid 18th century regarding its status. Porto is, of course, most famous for the production of Port wine, an aromatic and slightly viscous tawny colored fortified wine, with a fascinating history of seafaring, experimentation and innovation. The vineyards used in the region for the production of Porto's wines contain up to a hundred different grape varietals, resulting in the wide range of Port wines on offer today.
WS93pts
Wine Spectator
Fresh, powerful and fruity, with red plum, dried cherry and marzipan flavors loaded with lithe acidity. Hazelnut cream and butterscotch notes fill the seductively smoky finish, which shows hints of green olive. Drink now.
JS93pts
James Suckling
Shows the ripeness of the vintage. Full body, juicy and rich. Very sweet. Lots of dried berry and honey character. Flavorful finish. Hints of caramel. Drink or hold.
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Wine Enthusiast
In terms of aged vintage tawnies, this beautiful wine is relatively young. That means the fruit is still there, hinting at bold red fruits as well as the dried fig and sultana flavors that have also emerged. The wine is finely balanced with its rich texture and poise coming in between dry and sweet. Drink now.
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Jeb Dunnuck
The 2003 Colheita offers a medium ruby color as well as impressive notes of caramelized cherries, figs, orange blossom, and coffee. It’s rich, full-bodied, impeccably balanced, and a classic Colheita that will keep for decades. This cuvée is 40% Touriga Nacional and the balance 20% each of Tinta Roriz, Touriga Franca, and Tinto Cão.
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Wine Advocate
The 2003 Colheita Tawny Port is a typical field blend of grapes like Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz, Touriga Franca and Tinto Cão bottled in May 2019 with 124 grams of sugar, 21% alcohol and a long cork. These are often bottled on demand. This has been seen before, but this is a new bottling. In this very warm year, this has surprising density, richness of flavors and general concentration for a somewhat young Tawny (although it is becoming older, obviously, as time marches on). There's less surprising power and a touch of herbs on the finish. It's intense and lush, finishing with a bang. This is more intense than the 2005, its sibling this issue, but perhaps not quite as well balanced, as fresh or as focused.
Winery Notes
Colheita is a Vintage Tawny Port. Whereas Tawnies with an indication of age show the House style, Vintage Tawnies show the personality of the vintage year. Colheita spends its entire life in barrel until the moment of bottling. On the nose they are fresh, powerful and fruit-forward with balanced acidity. On the palate they have a nutty, oxidized character with a seductively smooth finish.
