São Pedro das Águias
São Pedro das Águias
| Founded |
1986 |
| Owner |
Vranken-Pommery Monopole |
| Vineyards |
Quinta do Paço, Quinta Monte Redondo, Quinta se Santo Alexio, Quinta de Temilobos, Quinta da Aveleira (leased)
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| Vintage Port Brands |
São Pedro |
São Pedro das Águias, Sociedade Agrícola e Comercial SA, was founded in September 1986 by the corporate group Vranken-Pommery Monopole and made the first harvest in 1987, having then started to constitute Port Wine stocks. This allowed the firm's inscription on the Port Wine Institute as a Port Wine producer and shipper. After Vranken bought Rozes in 1999 the two companies have been merged and they are now sharing the same administrative, winemaking and storage premises in the Douro and Villa Nova de Gaia
| Sao Pedro das Aguias Vintages: | 1982, 1987, 1989, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2017 |
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Vintage Port tasting notes:
| House | Sao Pedro das Aguias | Vintage | 1998 |
| Colour | Still rather dark but with a yellow edge in colour. | Number of tastings | 5 |
| Bouquet | Lovely bouquet of mint, ginger, fudge and herbs in the nose. | Score range | 15.00 - 15.90 |
| Taste | Medium body. Quite mature but still with some very soft tannin. Liquorice, herbs and cream candy in flavour. Balanced and quite complex with an elegant and rather attractive finish. This is a modern port with lovely colour and attractive nose but quite mature and easy to like and drink. | Average score | 15.36 |
| Last tasted | 27th July 2018 | Point this date | 15.90 |
| Comment | At home with the family.
| Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Sao Pedro das Aguias | Vintage | 1999 |
| Colour | Still dark ruby in colour. | Number of tastings | 3 |
| Bouquet | Cacao, some dark chocolate, fudge in the nose | Score range | 14.75 - 15.75 |
| Taste | Medium body. Quite mature and not so much tannins. Will probably develop. Cacao and chocolate in taste. Sweet. Easy to like and drink. Nice and rather elegant finish. | Average score | 15.25 |
| Last tasted | 10th July 2020 | Point this date | 15.75 |
| Comment | At home with the family This is a modern port with lovely colour and attractive nose but quite mature and easy to like and drink.
| Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Sao Pedro das Aguias | Vintage | 2000 |
| Colour | Still rather dark but quite mature yellow in colour. | Number of tastings | 5 |
| Bouquet | Toffee, cream candy, French plums and a hint of chocolate in the nose. | Score range | 15.40 - 16.25 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature and almost peaking but still with some round and elegant tannins. Balanced and rather complex. Easy to drink and like but rather dry. Toffee and cream candy in flavour. Nice and attractive finish. A rather modern port. | Average score | 15.85 |
| Last tasted | 23rd August 2020 | Point this date | 16.25 |
| Comment | At home with the family.
| Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Sao Pedro das Aguias | Vintage | 2003 |
| Colour | Still very dark but with a yellow hint in colour ay the edge. | Number of tastings | 2 |
| Bouquet | Still dark berry, dark cherry and mulberry but also cacao, some chocolate and herbs in the nose. | Score range | 15.40 - 15.50 |
| Taste | Medium body. Immature with still lots of tannin but very good and promising. Dark berries. Cacao and some herbs in taste. A quite long and quite attractive finish. | Average score | 15.45 |
| Last tasted | 12th August 2020 | Point this date | 15.50 |
| Comment | Tasted at home with the family.
| Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Sao Pedro das Aguias | Vintage | 2008 |
| Colour | Still dark ruby but with a mature yellow edge. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Herbs, liquorice, some cacao, coffee beans and dark berries in the nose. | | |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature and almost peaking but will improve. Balanced and quite complex with herbs, some liquorice, cacao and dark berries in the mouth and with a rather elegant and quite lovely finish. | | |
| Last tasted | 13th March 2022 | Rating this date | 15. 90 |
| Comment | Tasted at home with the family.
Port so young we evaluate only as : Good – Very good- Impressive – Very Impressive | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |