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Vinho de Talha Astronauta Tinto 2016
95
robertparker.com
$93.00
VINTAGES#:
20946
750 ml bottle
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Product Details
The 2016 Astronauta Vinho de Talha is a field blend, mostly old-vines (80 years) Moreto aged in clay amphorae. The winery describes the process this way: 'Total skin and stems fermented and clay aged. Sealed inside with resin and honey wax, protected on top with olive oil, Roman style. [It spent] six months on the amphora, 18 months on steel.' It comes in at 14.5% alcohol. This is beautiful on all fronts. It has velvet for texture, serious tannins and dried strawberry/cherry flavors on the finish. There's a touch of garrigue, too, and a nod to restrained Grenache. Focused, precise and long on the finish, this is also brilliantly structured. It's not impossibly hard, but it is nowhere near ready. The tannins stop short of truly astringent, but they are too much right now. It's penetrating on the finish too. Drink date: 2021-2036. Score - 95. (Mark Squires, robertparker.com, Aug. 30, 2019)
More Details
- Release DateNovember 3, 2022
- Alcohol/Vol14%
- Made InAlentejo, Portugal
- ByVinho de Talha
- Sugar Content5 gram per Litre
- VarietalRed Blend
Product Details
The 2016 Astronauta Vinho de Talha is a field blend, mostly old-vines (80 years) Moreto aged in clay amphorae. The winery describes the process this way: 'Total skin and stems fermented and clay aged. Sealed inside with resin and honey wax, protected on top with olive oil, Roman style. [It spent] six months on the amphora, 18 months on steel.' It comes in at 14.5% alcohol. This is beautiful on all fronts. It has velvet for texture, serious tannins and dried strawberry/cherry flavors on the finish. There's a touch of garrigue, too, and a nod to restrained Grenache. Focused, precise and long on the finish, this is also brilliantly structured. It's not impossibly hard, but it is nowhere near ready. The tannins stop short of truly astringent, but they are too much right now. It's penetrating on the finish too. Drink date: 2021-2036. Score - 95. (Mark Squires, robertparker.com, Aug. 30, 2019)
More Details
- Release DateNovember 3, 2022
- Alcohol/Vol14%
- Made InAlentejo, Portugal
- ByVinho de Talha
- Sugar Content5 gram per Litre
- VarietalRed Blend
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