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Oct 13, 2021 · This 2017 vintage Port is made for Waitrose by Quinta da la Rosa, a small estate in the heart of the Douro. It was a dry, hot year, but a cooler spell during harvest helped this wine retain freshness alongside the hedonistic plummy fruit flavours and spicy, fruit cake notes. Eminently drinkable.
La Rosa’s current range includes: Ruby Reserve, Finest Reserve, LBV, and its crown jewel – Vintage port. WHY IS LA ROSA DIFFERENT? Quinta de la Rosa is a Single-Quinta meaning that all the grapes are grown on a single estate.
The 1992 Quinta de la Rosa has a deep garnet color, indicative of its maturity and concentration. The bouquet is rich and complex, featuring aromas of dark berries, blackcurrants, and plums, along with notes of figs, raisins, and subtle hints of spice and cedar.
The Quinta de la Rosa Vintage 2016 is a powerful wine with much potential but at the same time elegant and generous on the palate. Full of flavours, very complex with fine tannins that gives the wine a nobility and persistence.
The Port is still young with richness and a light structure that is still developing. It will fill out and ripen as its ages and smooths. All the elements are there for a very fine wine. Drink from 2025. — Roger Voss.
- Roger Voss
Quinta de la Rosa first came to prominence as a Single Quinta Vintage Port in the 1920s when Feuerheerds declared 1924, 1927 and 1929 under the Quinta's name. Sadly the 1930's depression, and Albert's untimely death, saw the need to dispose of the Shipping House, Feuerheerd Brothers in 1933.
Vintage Port. Family-owned Quinta de la Rosa perches right on The Douro River, where it bends sharp right at Pinhão. The fastidious quality standard shown in this wine by the enterprising winemaker, Jorge has resulted in a precious vintage of enormous concentration and intensity. …….
