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Tasting notes

The 2009 Vintage Estate Red Desert Wine is the first Port-style wine produced by Wilridge Winery and the first to come from Wilridge Vineyard's planting of traditional Portuguese grape varieties.  To commemorate the occasion of our first Port, we have declared 2009 a "vintage year" and bottled the Port after only six months in the barrel so that it can age in the bottle like a true vintage Oporto.  We hope you will buy our Port, drink some now, and save a few bottles for decades of enjoyment. How long can you avoid temptation?

Cellaring Notes

Considering how long it will age and develop in the bottle, it's truly amazing how good the Wilridge Port tastes right now.  The grapes were picked on October 15, 2009, and allowed to ferment for six days.  At 10 degrees residual sugar, fermentation was stopped on October 21st by the traditional Portuguese method of adding brandy to the fermenting must.  The wine tasted good almost immediately after it was put in barrels, so Wilridge winemaker Paul Beveridge decided to treat it as a "Vintage Port" and bottled it on April 27, 2010.  Barrel samples of the wine were served at the Red Wine and Chocolate Festival in February, 2010, to rave reviews.  Only 100 six bottle cases were produced, so order yours today.

To Wilridge's knowledge, our Vintage Estate Red Desert Wine is the only organic and biodynamic Port made in the United States.