Wine & Soul Vinho Tinto Pintas 2016 sku_2333546 John Alexander built the Aberfeldy

John Alexander built the Aberfeldy distiller in 1898

The wine has great concentration with bright flavors of blackberry

The palate

followed by delicate notes of roasted coffee and cinnamon bark

resulting in a touch of vanillawhich increases the winea s complexity without masking thearoma of this variety

Wine & Soul Vinho Tinto Pintas 2016 sku_2333546 John Alexander built the AberfeldyThe 2016 Pintas is a field blend from old vines aged for 20 months in 30% new French oak. It comes in at 14% alcohol. Not quite bottled when seen, this was out of cask and the final blend. Aggressive in its youth, this also seems wonderfully fresh, with enticing and lifted fruit, plus a big, lingering finish filled with flavor. Very tight, this is going to need a couple of years to come aroundand much longer to acquire complexitybut the tannins are