Mark Squires bewertet den Pintas 2016 am 31.08.2018 wie folgt:
The 2016 Pintas is a field blend from old vines aged for 20 months in 30% new French oak. It comes in at 14% alcohol. Not quite bottled when seen. this was out of cask and the final blend. Aggressive in its youth. this also seems wonderfully fresh. with enticing and lifted fruit. plus a big. lingering finish filled with flavor. Very tight. this is going to need a couple of years to come around—and much longer to acquire complexity—but the tannins are not overly hard. It will still be approachable fairly young. This is another super Pintas. a great follow-up to the 2015. Better? Maybe. although this is a little hard to read. We'll see as they both settle in over the next few years. The typical generalization in Douro on the two vintages is that the 2015s are a little fresher and more elegant. while the 2016s are a little more concentrated—granting many exceptions. For her part. Sandra Tavares said this had a bit more depth. while the 2015 had a bit more charm. Ultimately. they are different sides of the same coin. pretty close to one another in style. Both seem rather brilliant. As they age. we'll have fun seeing who wins.
Wine & Soul ist das gemeinsame Projekt von der Top Winemakerin in Portugal Sandra Tavares da Silva und Jorge Serodio Borges im Pinhao Valley. Im Douro Tal schaffen Sie Weine die aus teilweise sehr alten Rebanlagen die aus den traditionellen Rebsorten gekeltert werden.
Die Weine bewahren bei aller Konzentration und Kraft stets Ihre Komplexität und Eleganz. Erst seit 2001 werden Weine wie der Pintas erzeugt. aber schon heute zählen diese Weine zu den absoluten Kultweinen Portugals. Die Produktion dieser Spitzengewächse ist jedes Jahr sehr limitiert.