Casa da Passarella Vinhas Velhas 2011

  • 90 Robert
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Vintage
2011

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750ML

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Winemaker Notes

A superbly ripe wine that is selected from old vines, this is very rich and solidly structured. It has weight and ripe black-fruit notes that are laced with fresh acidity and a jammy plum flavor. It's dark, dense, and full of great depth of flavor.

Professional Ratings

  • 90
    The 2011 Vinhas Velhas O Oenologo will be released in the Fall. For a preview in Portugal, it showed great. Youthful and rather powerful, it is beautifully focused and elegant with a certain nod to Burgundy. It has reasonable mid-palate concentration and finishes with a crisp feel to it. Overall, it should be not only pretty nice, but an excellent food wine and reasonably ageworthy. Note: This is the same wine previously listed as the Vinhas Velhas. The addition of O Oenologo was simply a design change, I’m told. Drink now-2025.

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Casa da Passarella, Portugal
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Casa de Passarella is based in Dao, one of Portugal’s most promising wine regions. The region is quickly gaining international wine media attention as improvements in production and marketing have helped the region to start shining. The top Dao wines are now some of the most highly rated in Europe, winning consistent praise on both sides of the Atlantic.

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Once opened and re-corked, a bottle stored in a cool, dark environment (like your fridge) will stay fresh and nicely drinkable for a day or two. There are products available that can extend that period by a couple of days. As for unopened bottles, optimal storage means keeping them on their sides in a moderately humid environment at about 57° F. Red wines stored in this manner will stay good – and possibly improve – for anywhere from one year to multiple decades. Assessing how long to hold on to a bottle is a complicated science. If you are planning long-term storage of your reds, seek the advice of a wine professional.

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Best known for intense, impressive and age-worthy fortified wines, Portugal relies almost exclusively on its many indigenous grape varieties. Bordering Spain to its north and east, and the Atlantic Ocean on its west and south coasts, this is a land where tradition reigns supreme, due to its relative geographical and, for much of the 20th century, political isolation. A long and narrow but small country, Portugal claims considerable diversity in climate and wine styles, with milder weather in the north and significantly more rainfall near the coast.

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The nation’s other important fortified wine, Madeira, is produced on the eponymous island off the North African coast.

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