Quinta da Corte 20 years Tawny Port

Country: Portugal
Region: Douro Valley

This 20-Year-Old Tawny is a masterpiece of memory and blending. At Quinta da Côrte, this wine represents the "golden mean" of Port or the perfect equilibrium between the vibrancy of youth and the complexity of age. It is not a wine from a single year, but a blend of various vintages that average 20 years of age. While the estate’s schist terroir provides the initial structure, the true "terroir" of this wine is the cool, dark cellar. Here, the wine breathes through the wood, shedding its deep red pigment and aggressive tannins to become something ethereal, amber, and infinitely complex.

Terroir: The grapes come from the same Cima Corgo schist slopes as the Vintage ports, but the alchemy happens during aging.

Style: An Oxidative style of Port. Unlike the Ruby/LBV, this is aged in smaller vessels to encourage contact with oxygen, transforming fresh fruit into dried fruit and nuttiness.

Vinification: After traditional foot-treading in granite lagares and fermentation, the wine is transferred to 600-liter seasoned oak casks (pipes). Over two decades, evaporation concentrates the sugars and acidity, a process poeticized as the "Angel’s Share."