2019 Quinta do Vesuvio Vintage Porto Metafield Needed while carefully selected botanicals add

while carefully selected botanicals add aromatic complexity without overpowering the character of the txakoli

further concentrating yields

This elegant Barolo would go nicely with a beef and pork shank cassoulet

still very youthful

clove and vanilla from aging in French oak

2019 Quinta do Vesuvio Vintage Porto Metafield Needed while carefully selected botanicals addFrom: Douro Valley, PortugalBlend: 35% Touriga Nacional, 33% Touriga Franca, 18% Alicante Bouschet, 8% Old Vines (Field Blend), and 6% Tinta Amarela Critical Acclaim: #66 Wine Spectator Top 100 of 2022Typical blackcurrant and lavender aromas with traces of fennel, whose fragrance is often carried by the breeze in the vineyards at Vesvio. On the palate the wine delivers mouth filling ripe black fruit flavors; opulent and velvety, although with