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Wine & Soul DOC Douro, DOC Porto, Portugal

Located in the Cima Corgo’s Pinhão Valley, the prestigious heart of the Douro Valley, Wine & Soul spans several picturesque vineyards, some of which consist of field blends up to one hundred years old. Founded a mere ten years ago by the husband-and-wife team of Jorge Serôdio Borges and Sandra Tavares da Silva, this innovative yet rustic winery has already established a highly esteemed reputation. Today, the winery embraces environmentally friendly and artisanal practices such as manual foot-trodding in granite lagares, a gentler method that results in finer tannins. In addition to Wine & Soul, Jorge also manages Quinta do Passadouro, while Sandra gained her winemaking experience at Quinta do Vale D. Maria in the Douro and her family estate of Quinta da Chocapalha in Lisboa. Guru Branco Guru is equal parts Viosinho, Rabigato, Côdega do Larinho, and Gouveio, sourced from the estate’s fifty- year-old Murça vineyard. Barrel-fermented and aged seven months in new French oak, the wine has excellent minerality and aromatic notes of grapefruit and other citrus. It has a full body while maintaining freshness, elegancy, and complexity, with a fine balance and long finish. 2014 : 92 WS | 2013 : “50 Star Buys of 2015” 96 D | 2012 : 91 WA | 2011 : 91 WA | 2010 : 90 WS

Pintas Character | Peen-Tajs Character |

Pintas Character is made from a nearly fifty-year-old field blend surrounding the Pintas vineyard. It consists of thirty different indigenous varieties, including Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, and Touriga Nacional. The wine is fermented in traditional granite lagares and aged for eighteen months in 50 percent new and 50 percent second-passage French oak barriques. Rich and powerful, the wine shows notes of raspberry, black cherry, and plums. On the palate, it is fresh and velvety with well-integrated tannins and a long, persistent finish. 2013 : 94 W&S | 2012 : 93 WE | 2011 : 94 WS | 2010 : Matt Kramer’s “Top 3 Wines of 2012” 92 WS

Pintas | Peen-Tajs |

This wine is made from the eighty-year-old field blend in the estate’s Pintas vineyard. It consists of Touriga Franca, Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz, and more than twenty-five other indigenous Douro varieties. The grapes are foot-trodden in granite lagares during maceration, a gentle process that results in finer tannins. The wine is then aged for twenty months in 70 percent new French oak barriques. It features notes of spice, blackberry, dark chocolate, and floral accents. Ripe and round, this wine’s excellent acidity and fine tannins lead to a lengthy finish. 2013 : 96 WE | 2012 : Cellar Selection 95 WE | 2011 : 98 WS (Top Rated Portuguese Table Wine from WS) | 2010 : Cellar Selection 94 WE | 2009 : 94 WS | 2008 : 94 WA

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