DESSERT WINES
Quinta da Devesa Porta - 10 Years
White Port
(available in tasting room only)
Briedé Chocolate Red
(order below)
Appellation
Shenandoah Valley
This is a sweet dessert wine made from Cayuga Grapes.
Reviewed by Julia Harding/Jancis Robinson
Estate-grown Cayuga, a New York hybrid. Fermented in barrel and aged in tank. TA 6.4 g/l, pH 3.45, RS 78 g/l.
Unusual aroma, citrus, slightly grapey, and almost minty. But that is probably because I rarely get to taste this variety. Very sweet with that minty flavour on the palate, a touch of almonds too, and very ripe citrus. Marked by the variety and not heavily marked by the oak. Sweetness well balanced by the acidity. Silky texture, rounded out by the oak, I suspect, and a grapey sweetness on the finish. (JH)
