Manoella 10 years White port extra dry
Region: Porto
Producer: Wine & Soul
| Volume | 75.0 cl. |
| Grape Variety | Rabigato, Viosinho, Codega |
| Drinking window | 2025-2030 |
| Alc. | 19.5% |
| Vinification | Classic port vinification |
| Ripening | 10 years aging in small wooden barrels |
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White port is treated as a stepchild by the big houses, and with this bottle Jorge and Sandra show how undeserved that is: ten years of ageing in small wooden casks, extra dry, nineteen and a half degrees. Ten years in small wood means a lot of contact with the cask and therefore a nutty, almost sherry-like wine with a dry, salty finish. This is the port you pour before the meal rather than after, and cool.
Clear beef broth with sherry
Camembert with fig bread
Serveren op 10–12 °C
Drink: 2022–2030
Full bottle 1,346 g. Estate in the Vale do Pinhão. A field blend at high elevation of Viosinho, Rabigato, Códega do Larinho and Gouveio. The fermentation occurred in granite lagares with foot treading and after that was matured and aged in seasoned old casks of 630 litres for approximately 10 years at Quinta da Manoella Lodge. pH 3.4, RS 40 g/l.
Beautiful coppery gold colour and a fabulously intense and complex aroma of dried fruits, bitter orange and fresh nuts, hay. On the palate, full of lively energy and freshness, bitter orange tang, and just the right amount of firm tannin on the end, which increases the freshness to balance the sweetness. This is stunning. Not too sweet because the acidity and the texture bring harmony to the fruit and because it is in the Extra Dry style. The finish tastes almost dry. Brilliant winemaking with what must have been great fruit. Elegant and so much more complex than any 10 Year Old white port I have tasted.
Drink: 2023–2030
“The mostly dry (for a Port) NV 10 Years Old Extra Dry White Port Manoella was bottled with only 30 grams per liter of residual sugar. This has a nuttier nose, with a more oxidative side, perhaps saltier and tastier, with more umami, subtle notes of candied orange and has the elegance of white Ports. Clean, precise and long.”
Wine and Soul started in 2001 as the life's work of Sandra Tavares da Silva and Jorge Serôdio Borges, both winemakers and then newlyweds. They were determined to make high-level wine and almost immediately succeeded in gaining international recognition for their wine.
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