TN: 2003 Quinta da Leda Douro -- Ferreira

[Jan-Tore Egge]

Quinta da Leda 2003 (Ferreira)
Medium depth of colour; doesn't look quite as young as the previous wines. Sweeter on the nose than the Maria Teresa. Red berries. Raspberries! A hint of minerals, too. Beautiful, fresh fruit on the palate. Not the most powerful wine of the night, but elegant. Burgundy with a Portuguese accent. Some tannins, too.

(This estate is tucked away in the Douro Superior, in a narrow valley with a wide variety of expositions. Barca Velha is now produced in the winery here. The grapes are mainly tourigas nacional and franca and tinta roriz. They have for a number of years worked on a clonal selection programme, selecting 6-7 clones of touriga nacional from a total of 178 and planting them in blocks.)

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