Grape Varieties Tinta Negra

100% cask-aged Tinta Negra from an extraordinary single vineyard in Estreito de Camara de Lobos. The Single Harvest releases always get at least 10 years ageing by the Canteiro method in seasoned, French oak. Medium dry. If ever a wine could demonstrate that Tinta Negra, from the right site, and treated 'nobly', can make great Madeira, here it is. 

"Distinctive aroma of almond paste and barley sugar and a slight stemmy note like hay, with a touch of lapsang smokiness. That same almondy flavour on the palate. Relatively dry and extremely mouthwatering." Julia Harding MW on the 2003, www.jancisrobinson.com, 16.5 points. December 2014