Emmanuel Darnaud, Crozes-Hermitage Trois Chenes other_regions The 2011 Quinta de Vargellas

The 2011 Quinta de Vargellas Vinha Velha Vintage Port is a typical field blend aged in used French oak vats

which strongly echoes the blue fruit and floral notes

This is aromatically less refined but more complex with its pungent nose of hazelnut

The 2009 La Gaffelière has a rather over-the-top bouquet with smudged definition

this is both ripe and brooding with slightly riper aromas of roasted plum

Emmanuel Darnaud, Crozes-Hermitage Trois Chenes other_regions The 2011 Quinta de VargellasShows a sappy, dense fruit core, with kirsch and plum paste flavors rolled together, while licorice snap, sweet tobacco and a tarry streak assert themselves through the finish. Drink now through 2030. 1,600 cases made, 150 cases imported.