Douro wines won most of the awards for the top 10 Portuguese wines evaluated by an international jury at the 18th edition of the competition and the 20th edition of the Essência do Vinho – Porto.
“The best wines rated by the international jury that participated in the 18th edition of the Top 10 Portuguese Wines are mostly from the specific Douro region,” the organization revealed the awards awarded this weekend at Vitoria Inglesa in Port.
According to the essence of wine, The red that received the highest score was Memórias Alves de Sousa“One Package Different crops of 2010 (2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019), which is a base Vineyards in Gaivosa, Abandonado, Lourdillo, Valle da Raposa, Caldas and Oliverinha, education It is ancient, with an average age that sometimes exceeds one hundred years.
About the The white with the best scores, the distinction went to Kochi 2021, from Nipoortwhich “essentially combines the Rabigato, Codega do Larino and Arinto varieties, among others grown in vineyards over 80 years old, at altitudes between 600 and 750 metres”.
actually The best rosé on record was the HO Matrona 2022, from Menin Wine Companyalso from the Douro, with “a range of varieties such as Malvasia Preta, Baga, Touriga Franca, Tinta Amarela, Maurisco and also 5% of old white varieties from the region (Malvasia Rei, Tamarez, etc.)”.
Finally, the The top rated fortified wine was Henriques & Henriques Tinta Negra 50 YearS, da woodIn “the second and new batch that Umberto Jardim worked on,” referring to the organization that “accuses Henriques of collusion with Class Most of the plants grown in Madeira are large in size, and it must be remembered that after powdery mildew attacks and A type of plant liceIn the second half of the nineteenth century, they replanted most of the vineyard area they owned with this variety.”
“In fact, Tinta Negra has saved Madeiran wine growers due to the high yields it can produce [podendo atingir 15 toneladas por hectare]”, he further notes.
In the remaining rankings, the second best-rated fortified wine was Porto Verído Very Old Tawny 1900, Mily Heritage Wine Million & Dirk Niepoort, the second red was D. Áurea 2021, Textura Wines, from Dão, and the second white was o Vinha. dos Aards Criação Velha 1°s Jeirãos 2020, Azores Wine Company, from Pico Island, in the Azores.
As for the red wines, the third was Segredo 6 Cuvée Vinhas Velhas 2020, 2CC, from Trás-os-Montes, the fourth was Pintas 2021, Wine & Soul, from Douro, and the fifth was Quinta da Perdonda 1° Talhão (1948) 2018. , Quinta Da perdonda – wine tradition, from dao.
The blind auditions were held on Thursday morning in the Arab Room of Palacio da Bolsa and were attended by 46 arbitrators from countries such as Portugal, Brazil, Spain, Italy, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden, Belgium, Mexico and South Africa.
Judges evaluated a total of 50 samples resulting from pre-selection Wine magazinea publication belonging to the same company that organizes Essência do Vinho (Essência Company), based on the highest scores and most interesting examples evaluated in 2023 by the panel of tasters of that specialized publication, explains the organization.
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