The 2014 Pintas Vintage Port, the last of the vertical this issue, is a field blend from very old vines (some 80 years or so) coming in at 120 grams per liter of residual sugar. This is well done in a very difficult vintage. I was surprised at how much I liked it early on but it probably doesn't have a great future in front of it. It is a bit dry and stern on opening but that seems to be the direction Pintas has been going since the sweet-ish 2003 that led off this vertical (excepting the 2009). It did open after a couple of hours and showed better fruit. The next day. in fact, it was surprisingly round and rather tasty. It has a very reasonable backbone, although not truly serious power. Underneath there may not be much concentration for the long term. It faded a bit with some five hours of air on the first day tasted. True, it was back in form and better the next day but this won't win prizes for true concentration. All things considered, this should drink pretty well young but I suspect it will not deliver great rewards if you cellar it a long time. It won't ever be the greatest Pintas Port but it is a very respectable off-year wine.
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.
