Vinha D'Ervideira Colheita Selectionada 2001, D.O. C. Alentejo. **HERITAGE WINE**

Colour: deep, dark red with browning edges.
Nose: expressive, earthy and a bit gamy-fruity, apricot, sweet cherry, warm, round with spices (cinnamon, cloves), vanillin, creamy caramel, balsamic nuances, a touch of smoke. Distinctly modern and fruit driven style, but unmistakably Portuguese.
Taste: quite full-bodied, soft, rich, powerful, quite intense, with lots of warm and earthy fruit, caramel, vanillin, smoke, spices and alcohol.  Not subtle but deliciously soft and intense.
Finish: quite long, soft, a bit sweetish, but dry enough, spicy, with loads of fruit and wood nuances, some alcohol, many, but very soft tannins.

* Rich, round, intensely fruity and warm spicy dry red wine, expressive Portuguese in aroma, modern, oak aged, easy accessible style with some
depth and sweet, soft tannins.  A far cry from the dried out acid and astringent old fashioned "classic" reds.

- Can be drunk now, will keep up to 2006.

- The new wine wave has reached Portugal, soft and easy to access, intense and full-bodied richly fruity and wooded wine. Not refined but very able to let you forget the cold winter day's. Very good quality for the price.

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- tasted: 14-11-’03, and many times before since mid march '03  (consistent notes, maturing into a more spicy, earthy style)

- estimated retail price ca. 8,00 euro

- average production: not known

- Ribeira d'Ervideira, Lda, Herdadinha, 7200 - 042 Reguengos,   / tel. + fax : +351 266 743169  / e-mail: duartelealdacosta@clix.pt / web site: www.ervideira.com  (web site currently under construction 25-11-2003)
- Export agent: Vinko, Rua Candido dos Reis, 575, 4400-075 Villa Nova de Gaia, tel.: + 351-22 377 33 30 / fax.: + 351-22-375 37 35 / e-mail:  vinko@vinkowines.com / web site: www.vinkowines.com