Quinta do Infantado Tawny Colheita 2015 Douro inspired by an old engraving

inspired by an old engraving

Lopez de Heredia uses only estate bottled fruit from their prized vineyards: Tondoñia

This powerful yet lively cab has notes of fig newtons

Once fermentation began

aged 6 years in barrel and 4 in bottle before release

Quinta do Infantado Tawny Colheita 2015 Douro inspired by an old engravingOld vine field blend of over twenty varieties. This first Infantado colheita, or vintage tawny, comes from exclusively Class A parcels (Vale de Moinhos and Castelos) totaling 3. 5 hectares on poor schist soils. The fruit is hand harvested, partly destemmed and fermented exclusively in lagar; fermentation is stopped with seventy seven degree wine brandy. The wine was aged for ten years in a combination of very old tonel or balseiro (tall wooden tanks