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Messias Colheita 1964

Vinhos Messias belongs to the seven most successful wine-growing estates of Portugal.
Year 1964 - 0,75 liter - 20% ABV
€ 398,67 / 1 liter, prices incl. VAT plus shipping costs
Contains sulphites
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299,00
Article: Messias Colheita 1964
Country: Portugal
Region: Douro
Category: Port, tawny
Producer: Vinhos Messias
Vintage: 1964
Grape variety: Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Barroca, Tinta Roriz, Tinto Cão
Alcohol: 20%
Residual sugar: 125.0 g/l
Acid: 5.55 g/l
Characteristics: Amber-coloured with greenish reflexes. Flavours of dried fruits. Intense and well balanced at the palate.
Drinking temperature: 10 - 12 °C

Wine fermented after partial destemming at controlled temperature, 24/28°C, when the must reaches the desired sweetness, fermentation is then interrupted by adding brandy (77%), ageing in oak wood barrels for a minimum period of seven years, in the warehouses in Vila Nova de Gaia, till bottling. 

"Colheitas" are year ports which mature in the barrel as opposed to Vintage ports and be filled only after the seventh year.

Ingredients/allergens
Allergens: Sulphites
Further details
Country of origin: Portugal
Company: Sociedade Agrícola e Comercial dos Vinhos Messias, SA
Address: Avenida Comendador Messias Baptista, N.56, 3050 Mealhada, Portugal