"Spicy notes with rich plum flavours, and the Vesuvio trademark herbal theme. This wine has great depth of flavour with ripe tannins and a freshness that gives it fine grace. This can very much be enjoyed now, but will also age well for years to come."
A big step up in quality, Pombal ( named after the dovecot in the vineyard) is aged for eight months in used French oak.
Quinta do Vesuvio’s history dates back to 1827 when the original house, chapel and winery were built. The first ever Single Estate Douro wine was bottle here.
Vesúvio was in the ownership of the Ferreira family until the 1980s, whendue to Portugal’s Napoleonic code of inheritance—there were so many individual shareholders that the property had become unmanageable and was in decline.
A big step up in quality, Pombal ( named after the dovecot in the vineyard) is aged for eight months in used French oak.
In 1989, the estate was purchased by the Symington family and over the last three decades, they have restored the estate’s reputation as the premium Quinta in the Douro. Their Ports are exclusively made in the time-honoured method of foot-treading. In 2007 the family decided to start producing Douro DOC wines as well as Port.
Just 45km from the Spanish border. The climate here is extreme, with hot summers and limited rainfall. Yields from the vines are therefore small compared to other wine producing regions but they produce wines of great intensity and incomparable quality.
