Vinha da Ponte is one of the best wines in the entire Douro region. Like its sister wine, Vinha Maria Teresa, it takes its name from a centenary plot of vines, and is only made in years of exceptional quality. Rarely are more than 4,000 bottles produced. This is a distinctive wine, with rich and intense aromas of ripe fruit that stand out elegantly over the notes of oak. It is powerful and elegant on the palate and finishes with great balance and persistence, ensuring its development in the bottle for years to come. One of the most emblematic wines of the historic Quinta do Crasto, Vinha da Ponte has only been produced in 1998, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2018, and it fully lives up to the fame of these exceptional vintages.
Vinha da Ponte
Quinta Do Crasto
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Press Review
" Dark and brooding with a cool graphite undertow; an implosion of fine tannins ensnares tightly wound black fruit. Located metres above Maria Teresa, Ponte’s south-east-facing aspect catches a few more rays. Its improbably sublime melt-in-mouth finish attests to the impressive tannin quality and ageing potential of this diminutive centenarian 1.96ha parcel. Intensely concentrated, yet precise, this powerhouse requires patience. Drinking window: 2024-2046 "
Press Review
" The 2018 Vinha da Ponte, a field blend from very old vines (100+ years), was aged in new French oak for 20 months. It comes in at 14.8% alcohol. As always, Ponte is a very different animal than Maria Teresa. It's less personable and less exuberant, but it is solid in the mid-palate, brooding a little and promising that better days will come. This is a great Ponte and one of Crasto's best versions of it. Concentrated and powerful, but with the tannins held in check and still showing some expressiveness, this grabs the palate and doesn't let go. In fact, this might be a year when this is as open as the Maria Teresa (although it's never as personable). Serious and long on the finish, this is just a baby that will need a decade in the bottle to show its best, or even show well. It should age well for another decade or two after that. As with the Maria Teresa, it was better the next day. It looks to be brilliant. Drink 2023 - 2050. "
Winemaking
The grapes are foot trodden in traditional stone trough or lagares at Quinta do Crasto, and the wine is then aged for 20 months in French oak barrels at the Barrel Cellar under strictly controlled temperature and humidity conditions.
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Product Specification
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ColourRed
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CountryPortugal
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RegionDouro
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StyleFull Bodied
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ClosureNatural Cork
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SKU64186218
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Alcohol %14.5%
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GrapeBlend of indigenous grapes
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Unit Volume75cl
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VeganYes
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VegetarianYes