Wine Blogging Wednesday - Portuguese Table Wines

Posted by Andrew Barrow in Wine Tasting Notes, 2:46pm 11/10/2007. Leave a comment

Hope we are not too late for this round of Wine Blogging Wednesday! The theme this month, as selected by Catavino, is Portuguese Table Wines.

We have only just begun to list this wine, the first stocks arrived this morning (hence our late entry), following a fine showing at a wine tasting a week or two back.

Made by the the Infantado port house this, rather than being a port, is a 'normal' red table wine. It's a blend of 30% Touriga Nacional, 30% Tinta France and 30% Tinta Roriz with 10% 'other' Douro varieties. It's a serious wine with excellent depth and a supple texture. Compared to the rather lacklustre vintages of the past its a marvel. The grapes are sourced from two separate vineyards and trodden by foot in the traditional lagar for a week before the wine was racked to tank where it completed its fermentation.

If you enjoy a richer, fuller style of wine then the Quinta do Infantado, 2004, is certainly worth a try.

Quinta do Infantado 2004 available for £9.50 a bottle.

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