Kopke - Vintage Porto 1938 (750ml) Spain Spain TempranilloEvery wine tells a story. Kopke's Colheitas, however, tell a unique story. To taste a wine is to taste history and, in the case of this 1938 Colheita, it means remembering a remarkable event like the birth of the American songwriter, singer, painter, actor and writer Bob Dylan. VINIFICATION Hand picked at the optimum time, the grapes are then destemmed, crushed and converted into wine through a process of careful maceration to extract their colour,
With all things in balance
Persistent
the wine is only just hinting at some nuttiness and has far to go
impressively textured off-dry Riesling that can be drunk any time over the coming decade or more
and caramel flavors
No doubt this goes well with turkey or even lamb chops
Mildew in June took out fully 50% of the potential crop
with its sweet black fruit in the front through to the seductive French oak on the very back of the palate
90% Gros Manseng / 10% Petit Courbu
it displays aromas of crushed black fruits (blackberries
while sweet tobacco notes and chalky minerality impart texture and detail
with mechanical treatment of the soil without chemical fertilizer
