Pintas 2020
Region: Douro
Producer: Wine & Soul
Why we chose this wine
Sandra Tavares da Silva is one of Portugal's brightest winemakers. Several of her top wines have received high marks at international wine fairs.
| Volume | 75.0 cl. |
| Grape Variety | Pintas' more than 80-year-old vineyard is planted with more than 30 different grape varieties. |
| Drinking window | 2023-2034 |
| Alc. | 14.5% |
| Vinification | in open granite lagares where the grapes are traditionally foot trodden. |
| Ripening | short time in stainless steel tanks |
Waar serveer je ’m bij?
A vineyard over eighty years old with dozens of grape varieties mixed together, foot-trodden in open granite lagares. Twenty months of French oak. Sandra Tavares da Silva makes the classic, taut Douro here: dark fruit, graphite and a tannin that stands firm and asks at the table for meat with character.
Drie gerechten die werken
Grilled rib of beef on the bone
Wild boar stew with chestnuts
Roast leg of lamb with garlic
Wild boar stew with chestnuts
Roast leg of lamb with garlic
Vegetarisch
Grilled cauliflower steak with toasted almonds and rosemary
Minder geschikt bij
Fish, poultry and anything lightly spiced: the tannin takes such dishes over entirely.
Voor de Portugees geïnspireerde kok
Feijoada à transmontana — bean stew with pork and chouriço, from the north of the country
Serveren op 17 °C, an hour in a decanter
What the critics say
JancisRobinson.com
18,5/ 20
Tasted 13-09-2023
Drink: 2028–2040
Drink: 2028–2040
— Julia Harding MW, JancisRobinson.com
Robert Parker Wine Advocate
(95-97)/ 100
Published 29-07-2022
Drink: 2025–2048
Drink: 2025–2048
“The 2020 Pintas is a field blend (over 40 grapes, but the dominant grapes are Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz and Touriga Nacional) from old vines (around 90 years) aged for 20 months in 20% new French oak. It comes in at 14.4% alcohol. This may have been a tougher vintage in many respects, but it was a small crop harvested quickly and early. This multilayered Pintas is ripe and darkly flavored but never over the top and rather fresh. There's plenty of power on the finish too, and it simply grips the palate. This needs to be socked away for a few years. I tasted the final blend and out of barrel, but it was not yet bottled, about three weeks away. Plan on cellaring it. It should age for 30 years, more or less.”
— Mark Squires, Robert Parker Wine Advocate
The producer
Wine & Soul
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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