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Churchill Crusted Port

TASTING NOTES

 
 A full, dark ruby colour, a concentrated berry aroma and on the palate a broad structure with rich complexity and beginning to show the benefits of bottle age.

 
BACKGROUND

 
 Founded in 1981 by John Graham, Churchill’s was the first British Port wine company to have been established in over 50 years.Churchill’s Port grew from John Graham’s desire to continue his family’s Port making tradition by setting up a company to produce his own, individual style of wine. It was his wife, Caroline Churchill, who provided the company with its name.
Compared to other Port Wine shippers, most of which were established around the turn of the 18th/19th centuries, Churchill’s history is short.  In only 30 years of trading, however, the company has built an enviable reputation for producing Port Wines of the highest quality, reflected by their impressive performance at comparative tastings over this time.
In 1999 Churchill’s bought Quinta da Gricha, a 50 hectare Grade “A” Vineyard estate situated on the south bank of the River Douro between Pinhão and Tua, in the prestigious Cima Corgo sub-region of the demarcated Douro Port Wine region. All Churchill’s ports are produced at the Quinta da Gricha winery in the traditional granite “lagares” or treading tanks built in 1852.
Crusted was often the name given to Vintage Port in “Off Year” Vintages. It used to be shipped in cask to the UK and bottled by the respective wine merchant.
 Crusted Port is a Port of vintage quality which is often blended from Vintage port lots of two different years. It is aged in oak casks before being bottled and then matured in bottle for at least 3 years before being sold. It’s the only Port to have on the label the bottling year.

 

 
FOOD MATCHING

 
Crusted Port is delicious on its own after lunch or dinner, also excellent with plum pudding or strong cheeses such as Camembert and stilton. Save the natural sediment or crust for seasoning meats and adding to sauces.

 

 
CELLAR  POTENTIAL

 
Drink now.

Region	Port & Madeira
Colour	Red
Vintage	NV
Grape	Touriga Franca blend
Bottle Size	75cl
Sweetness	Medium
Body	Full
Maturation	Drink now
Alcohol	19.5 %

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