1948 Caves Messias Porto Colheita, Portugal, Douro, Porto

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Vintage	1948	Label 1 of 41 (NOTE: Label borrowed from 1952 vintage.)
Type	Red - Fortified
Producer	Caves Messias (web)
Variety	Port Blend
Designation	Colheita
Vineyard	n/a
Country	Portugal
Region	Douro
SubRegion	n/a
Appellation	Porto

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Caves Messias

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Port Blend

Over a hundred varieties of grapes (castas) are sanctioned for port production, although only five (Tinta Barroca, Tinto Cão, Tinta Roriz (Tempranillo), Touriga Francesa, and Touriga Nacional) are widely cultivated and used.
- Mayson (1999), Port and the Douro, p. 93

Colheita

This colheita was aged in small oak barrels for three years in a warm corrugated steel-roofed warehouse to caramelize the sugars and to further concentrate its flavors through evaporation.

Portugal

ViniPortugal (Associação Interprofissional para a Promoção dos Vinhos Portugueses/Portuguese Wine Trade Association)

Douro

Instituto dos Vinhos do Douro e Porto

Porto

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