Quinta da Boavista Terras de Tavares 2002 750ml

PORTUGAL : DAO : PENALVA DO CASTELO

ORGANIC : Jaen (Mencía), Touriga Nacional

LIGHT-BODIED, DRIED CHERRY, FOREST FLOOR, COLA, TOBACCO, OLD OAK

Dão sits at 550 meters on Portugal's central granite plateau — more Burgundy than Douro, the wines lean toward restraint and precision rather than weight. João Tavares de Pina farms thirteen hectares at Quinta da Boavista in Penalva do Castelo, a property his family has held since the 17th century.

The 2002 was co-fermented with native yeasts in open-top lagares, held on skins for a week, then aged in stainless steel with extended lees contact before spending three years in old 400-liter French barrels. João held it in cellar until February 2017 — fifteen years after harvest — when he decided it was ready.

"To make wines that speak of the forest and granite soils of Dão — not of oak or winemaker's hand." — João Tavares de Pina

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