Krohn Vintage port 2007
PORTO KROHN VINTAGE 2007 (June 2009)
Country of origin Portugal
Wine name PORTO KROHN VINTAGE 2007
Producer Wiese & Krohn, Sucrs., Lda. - V. N. de Gaia
Year of production 2007 - Very rainy winter. Due to unfavourable weather conditions during flowering there was some millerandage (poor and uneven fruit set), which made crop-thinning unnecessary. Heatness and humidity caused the need to treat the vines to avoid diseases. Summer was not as hot as in the previous years and there was even some rain, but two weeks before harvesting the maturation process benefited from a higher temperature. Vinification was done under ideal conditions – dry weather (except for two or three days of light, harmless rain) and moderate temperatures.
Quality proved to be of a high standard.
Appellation Porto
Category Vintage Port (single year Port from an exceptional harvest displaying a superb colour, a full body and a very fine aroma and flavour).
Wine region Douro Demarcated Wine Region (situated in the North of Portugal and composed of the Douro Valley and its tributaries). This Port was made from grapes grown in the Upper Corgo subregion, more precisely in the Rio Torto valley.
Type of soil Schistous.
Grape varieties Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz and mixed grape varieties from old vineyards. Vinification In modern robotized "lagares" – stainless steel open vinification tanks where robots simulate the human treading of the grapes, just like in the old times people softly crushed the grapes by their own feet in the traditional “lagares”. Fermentation was interrupted through the addition of grape brandy in order to preserve a certain degree of natural sweetness.
Maturing and bottling In Wiese & Krohn's cellars in Vila Nova de Gaia, on the Atlantic coast, under the control of the Port and Douro Wines Institute. Bottled in June 2009 (7.200 bottles). Unfined and unfiltered – may throw a sediment and should be decanted before being served.
Laboratory observations (*) Alcohol 20,0% vol Total acidity 4,20 g/l (tartaric acid) Fixed acidity 3,96 g/l (tartaric acid) Residual sugar 113,0 g/l
Tasting notes Deep red colour. Unctuous and well structured. Firm tannins. Long finish. Needs time to get rounder and will therefore profit from a long ageing in the bottle.
Recommended drinking temperature Moderate room temperature.
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Vintage Port 2007
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