Vinha Maria Teresa

" This potent expression of Vinha Maria Teresa (a 4.7ha parcel) is loaded with dry extract. Sculpted beneath the corset of perfumed, kid glove oak and layers of gravelly tannin lurks a bottomless pit of black and blue berry, black currant and plum fruit. With time to breathe, the fruit melds with creamy oak and spicy liquorice and crushed coriander seed notes emerge. Glorious potential. Drinking Window 2024 - 2037. "

" The 2017 Vinha Maria Teresa, a field blend from centenarian vines, was aged for 20 months in new oak (90% French, 10% American). It comes in at 14.5% alcohol. The final blend comes from the best-performing barrels. This was only in bottle about a month when tasted. This doesn't quite have the power of the Tinta Roriz, but it is only a small step behind. Yet the power is beautifully controlled. It never seems too astringent, even if burly at times. Of course, Maria Teresa always has beautiful structure. The key to this bottling is typically its personality, its lively fruit, its aromatics. The fruit this year is beautiful, delicious, very ripe and lingering on the gripping finish. It has focus and potential, but it certainly needs a lot of time. Drink 2023-2045. "