Alves de Sousa

Founded	1991 (first own wine produced)
Owner	Domingos Alves de Sousa
Vineyards	Quinta da Gaivosa, Quinta das Caldas, Quinta da Aveleira, Quinta da Estação, Quinta do Vale da Raposa
Vintage Port Brands	Alves de Sousa, Quinta da Gaivosa, Quinta da Oliveirinha

The Alves de Sousa family has been producing wines for several generations and today's team are the 3rd and 4th generation in the family. Domingos Alves de Sousa inherited the family's quinta in 1987 and later acquired additional properties. Currently, they own five quintas. For many years they supplied other Port companies like Ferreira and Borges but decided to make the wine in their own name, based at Quinta da Gaivosa. The first wine under their own brand was made in 1991. They made their first Vintage Port in 2003 under the name Quinta da Gaivosa. In 2009 they released Alves de Sousa Vintage port.

Alves de Sousa Vintages:	2009, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019
Quinta da Gaivosa Vintages:	2003, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020
Quinta da Oliveirinha Vintages:	2016, 2018, 2020

Vintage Port tasting notes:

House	Alves de Sousa	Vintage	2009
Colour	Still very dark blue in colour.	Number of tastings	5
Bouquet	Dark berries such as blueberry, black current and mulberry but also a hint of chocolate, cacao and maybe some liquorice in the nose.	Score range	14.75 - 15.90
Taste	Medium body. Love round and elegant tannins. Loaded with dark berry with just a hint of chocolate and cacao in flavour. Balanced, sweet and quite complex with an attractive tannic finish. Modern style of port but very easy to drink and like. Will be very interesting to follow.	Average score	15.38
Last tasted	13th May 2023	Point this date	15.90
Comment	Tasted at home with the family.	Tasters	SAI, JB, SS

House	Alves de Sousa	Vintage	2011
Colour	Dark blue in colour.	Number of tastings	3
Bouquet	Dark berry, mulberry and blue berry in the nose.
Taste	Medium body. Mulberry in taste. Lots of tannin but elegant. Balanced and easy to like. Quite long and interesting finish.
Last tasted	2nd November 2015	Rating this date	Very Good
Comment	At the Port Wine Festival in Copenhagen. Port so young we evaluate only as : Good – Very good- Impressive – Very Impressive	Tasters	SAI, JB, SS

House	Alves de Sousa	Vintage	2015
Colour	Dark ruby in colour.	Number of tastings	1
Bouquet	Dark berry, mulberry, blackberry and loaded with fruit in the nose.
Taste	Medium body. Immature but balanced and rather dry. Mulberry and dark berry in taste with a delicate and quite nice finish with lots of tannin but still easy to drink and like.
Last tasted	5th November 2018	Rating this date	Impressive
Comment	At the Port Wine Festival in Copenhagen. Port so young we evaluate only as : Good – Very good- Impressive – Very Impressive	Tasters	SAI, JB, SS

House	Alves de Sousa	Vintage	2017
Colour	Dark ruby in colour.	Number of tastings	3
Bouquet	Dark mature fruit, dark cherry and other dark berries and mint in the nose.
Taste	Hardly medium body. Balanced but a modern port in style with elegant and very soft tannins. Loaded with mature fruit and dark berries. Easy to drink already today with a quite elegant finish.
Last tasted	26th November 2021	Rating this date	Very Good
Comment	At the Port Wine Festival in Leverkusen, Germany. Port so young we evaluate only as : Good – Very good- Impressive – Very Impressive	Tasters	SAI, JB, SS

House	Alves de Sousa	Vintage	2019
Colour	Dark ruby in colour.	Number of tastings	1
Bouquet	Dark berry, blackberry and mint in the nose.
Taste	Medium body. Balanced but a modern port in style with elegant and very soft tannins. Dark berries and mint in the taste.
Last tasted	26th November 2021	Rating this date	Very Good
Comment	At the Port Wine Festival in Leverkusen, Germany. Port so young we evaluate only as : Good – Very good- Impressive – Very Impressive	Tasters	JB