Curriculum Vitae Curriculum Vitae Douro Tinto 2019 750ml

The 2019 CV (Curriculum Vitae) is a field blend from 80-year-old vines aged for 21 months in 80% new French oak. It comes in at 15% alcohol. Burly and disjointed, this will be the next release of CV (January 2023, along with the 2019 Branco CV). This is too young to show all it has, but it seems to be very promising; it’s just completely closed and rather tannic. This will need to be seen again, but it is certainly filled with potential and seems to have all of the components to make a great wine.

Notes of purple fruits, walnuts, leather and wet earth. Full-bodied with structure and depth. Full and broad-shouldered tannins with a velvety finish. Rich and concentrated. A little old school, but solid. Single vineyard of three-hectares. Needs at least three or four years to come around. (James Suckling)