Krohn Vintage Port 2017Krohn Vintage is taken in the best years when a blend of ports from Quinta do Retiro Novo and other neighbouring vineyards produces the most complex wine with great potential longevity. They are bottled two years after the harvest and in most cases spend many years maturing in the bottle. Unfined and unfiltered. Deep purple black centre with a vivid purple rim. The quality of the fruit is immediately apparent on the nose. It displays the hallmark

from the aromatising wizards at Antica Distilleria Quaglia in Piedmont

decant for an hour if you can

in the Beja province of Alentejo

demonstrating a fearless spirit in both the vineyard and the cellar

producing a wine of power

Bubbles are fine and persistent through to the long finish and gentle savoury twist

green fig and golden apples

and selling wines

There is excellent concentration of flavour which is impeccably balanced by a racy acidity

Founded by the dynamic producer Fiona Leroy

The balance offers perfect harmony between aromatic richness and freshness

but it’s also brilliant in more adventurous settings