2022 Quinta da Corte

Full bottle 1,415 g. 100% Viosinho, fermented in 500-litre Austrian oak barrels. Maturation in the same barrels until bottling. TA 5 g/l, pH 3.28. Open and generous aroma: creamy, mealy layers and ripe pears. Deep-fruited and full in the mouth but with excellent freshness. Very youthful, just slightly chewy texture. Full rather than deep, and well balanced. I think this will be better with another year – or at least six months – in bottle, unless you like your wines mostly focused on the fruit. (JH)