Jose de Sousa 

José de Sousa Mayor 1999

13.5%. Spirity on the nose, with fruits leaning in over ripe, date/raisin and cocoa spectrum. Domingos sees this as a more classic 1940s style. Lots of fruit, concentration, firmly structured. For long-term drinking. (Tasted 2014) 90

Approximate blend Grand Noir (55%), Trincadeira (35%), Aragonês (10%). Foot trodden in lagars with 30% stems added to talha at fermentation. A hybrid 50/50 talha/lagar fermentation, thereafter transferred in November or December to oak barrels for 9 months. Originally from 1.8h vineyard, but recent vineyards also draw from other vineyards.