Pormenor – Trilho tinto 2021

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"The red 2021 Trilho em Pormenor Tinto is the wine he wanted to produce from three vineyards, fermented separately, one with Tinta Barroca, one with Touriga Francesa and a third one with a field blend that you find in the old vines, a mixture of many different varieties in a zone of transition from schist to granite at 700 meters in altitude on the Alijo plateau. 2015 was the first vintage, with the wine fermented in plastic bin, but starting in 2018, he fermented it in 4,000-liter Port casks with some full clusters, uncrushed grapes and a mix as he wants red fruit and the herbal and fresh side from the stems, with very soft pump overs and a gentle extraction to achieve a delicate red. The élevage also changed from 225-liter barrels in 2015 to 500-liter barrels from 2018 onward. The élevage lasted two years, and he managed to keep the wine in bottle for one more year before it was sold. 2,630 bottles were filled in April 2024. We tasted this next to the 2019 and 2015, and there's a great evolution toward more finesse and elegance, accentuated by the natural conditions of 2021 when he managed to bottle it with 12% alcohol and a pH of 3.44. As a curiosity, the 2019 was rejected by the appellation and could not be sold as Douro... The quality of the tannins in 2021 is extremely more elegant. 2015 is slightly more rustic. A great evolution, 2021 is by far the finest of the three vintages."