Vinha do Fojo, Red 2015 D.O.C. Douro, Quinta do Fojo
(CHF14.24 par 1 dl.)
96+ Robert Parker
Intense garnet-red color.
The nose shows ripe fruit combined with soft notes of leather, wood and even a slight herbal and spicy touch.
On the palate, the wine is balanced, slightly evolved, with medium structure and volume.
Shows a fruity, very spicy, earthy taste and something where the wood shows a nice integration.
The aftertaste has medium length and interesting persistence.
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Data sheet
- Type
- Red
- Region
- Douro
- Variety
- Blend
- Distinction
- Robert Parker
- Rare wine/ Wine for keeping
- Very Long - Over 20 years
- Vintage
- 2015
- Bottle content
- 0,75 l
- Winemaker/oenologist
- Margarida Serôdio Borges - Quinta do Fojo
- Sulfites
- Yes
- Bottles
- 12.000
- Country
- Portugal
- Alcohol
- 14%
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Description
Vinification:
Made exclusively from the estate's old vineyards.
Produced using the traditional pigeage method in traditional granite presses.
Aged in new French oak barrels (60%) for 23 months.
Grape varieties:
Made exclusively from an old estate vineyard, 7 hectares with mixed varieties, where the most planted variety is Tinta Roriz.
Wine for laying down: 2024 - 2045
Ideal serving temperature:
It should be served at a temperature of 16ºC to 18ºC.
Food pairing:
Red meats (beef, lamb, game), roast beef and grilled meats, as well as cheeses.
"Vinha do Fojo 2015" (Quinta do Fojo) was aged for 23 months in 60% new French barrels and is 14% alcohol. Oh là là. It announces its presence as a wine to be reckoned with only after 40 minutes in the glass. It then shows pure power, with no astringency. It also has admirable depth. The first pour (of the wine) shows a little fruit, a little oak and a little power, but then the power takes over. It's very well managed, but you should be aware that it's for a wine lover with a cellar. It will need a few years, at least, of even greater aging. It's not completely inaccessible, but you'd be wasting this rare wine if you opened it today. It should hold up for a few decades, maybe more. The producer tends to classify her best red in a vintage as Fojo or Vinha do Fojo (analogous to Barca Velha practice). This wine could be a Fojo. Made from very old vines planted at the end of the 19th century, only 12,000 were produced."
MARK SQUIRES - ROBERT PARKER - Dec 2021
Robert Parker- Mark Squires 96+
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