PLEASE NOTE: This is a recurring auction. Therefor, the ​seal number(s) you see in the photos might differ from the one(s) on your bottle(s). 1944 QUINTA DA DEVESA PORTO COLHEITA Grape Varieties: Old Vines with more than 20 traditional grape varieties of the region TASTING NOTES This Porto Colheita 1944 presents us with an outstanding bouquet, a very crisp acidity, due to the complexity, refined quality and long aftertaste. The colour has green hints, proving its long age. The aromas and flavours go from dried fruits, nougat, honey, caramel, smoke, tobacco and coffee, ending with a long silky aftertaste. TEMPERATURE Serve at 14ºC. Once opened, preserves its good tasting notes for at least 2 months. WINEMAKER José Fortunato Júnior Port Wines, are produced exclusively from lots vinified and aged in the estate. Since 1941, vintages considered of superior quality by the family winemakers, were kept and stored in wooden barrels in the winery cellars. Colheitas are dated Tawnies from one single harvest. The minimum age requirement is 7 years, but the tradition at Quinta da Devesa is to age several more years before bottling. The wine ages at our cellars in "balseiros", "tonéis“ or 550l casks. Produced and aged in Quinta da Devesa for over 70 years, this Colheita Port was bottled in 2018. Harvest Method: Hand picked Fermentation: Granite ‘lagares' (shallow treading tanks) with foot treading Alcohol: 21% Total Acidity: 6,68 g/l Volatile Acidity: 1,60 g/l Residual Sugar: 120 g/l pH: 3,80 Baumé: 5,2 Bottle Size: 500 ml Note: All Non-EU Countries have to pay an Export or Customs Clearance Fee from € 70.00 always adding that it has to be paid before shipping. In the price of 40,00 € is included a special packaging