The 2014 Holiday Auction
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Lot 200
Estimate: $35
Scuffed and marked label, signs of past seepage.
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89WS
"This is a massive, tough wine that needs more time to come around. Inky color, with ripe raisin and licorice aromas, full-bodied, with tons of fruit flavors and hard tannins and a long finish. Very racy."
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Red
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"This is a massive, tough wine that needs more time to come around. Inky color, with ripe raisin and licorice aromas, full-bodied, with tons of fruit flavors and hard tannins and a long finish. Very racy."
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Best known for fortified Port from the Douro Valley, Portugal also produces distinctive dry reds from native grapes such as Touriga Nacional. Its dramatic terraced vineyards and blending traditions give the wines a singular identity.
One of the world's oldest demarcated wine regions, famed for fortified Port and, increasingly, powerful dry reds. Its terraced schist vineyards and native grapes yield wines of concentration and character.
Covers powerful dry reds and fortified Port from native varieties grown on the valley's terraced schist slopes.