For The Love Of Port

The overall health and yield this year was good and there was “freshness, medium acidity and good colour” in the red wines, with lower alcohol levels than seen in 2015. It noted fresh minerality in Tinta Roriz, with good maturation with Tourgia Franca despite the smaller berries than 2014 and 2015, which had produced wines with good structure, colour, and “elegant body”. The Tourigia Franca, along with Touriga Nacional performed particularly well, producing “rich and fat” wines.

“The Port Wines are already proving to be clean and quite aromatic, and concentrated in colour. However, their tannins are not quite fully rounded, which tells us the wines from this harvest will need ageing time to refine and reveal all their potential,” the report said