The grapes are lightly crushed before being pressed

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floral-laced style

There is a whiff of petrol character to the green apple

From fully ripe grapes from younger vines and bottled with 75 grams of residual sugar and 7

Quinta Noval, Colheita other_regions The grapes are lightly crushedAccording to winemaker Carlos Agrello, colheita port represents only 1. 5% of port production. Reddish tawny colour, smelling of dark Oxford marmalade, bitter orange. Intensely aromatic and still structured by the tannins and still showing some red fruit character under all that tertiary evolution. Dried fruits, raisins but not raisiny like an oxidised wine. Powerful and extremely fresh. Such a great style of port. (JH)