This 1990 Barros Colheita Port has come of age and is drinking marvelously now. This is the type of wine that has the class and panache to capture the hearts of not just the wine connoisseurs but all the wine lovers of all levels of sophistication around the world.

Vintage: 1990
Producer: Barros
Wine: Colheita Port
Region: Porto
Country of Origin: Portugal
Alcohol By Volume: 20%

Price: p3,300

SKU No.: R1-121-1990-R

Other vintages available:
1944
1986
1989
1992

Serving temperature: 15-18ºC
Decanting: Highly Recommended
Drinking window: fully matured, drink over next 10 years

Those who liked this wine also considered or ordered these items also:

[R1-124-1987-R] 1987 Barros Vintage Port
[R1-322-2005-R] 2005 Borges Vintage Port
[R1-157-1970-R] 1970 Dietz Vintage Port
[R1-163-1985-R] 1985 Dow Vintage Port

Food accompaniments:
Port reduction sauce
Stews with rich spicy sauce
Peking Duck

Cheese:
English Blue Stilton
Roquefort
Other Blue Cheese
Brie
Camembert

The 1990 Colheita Port from the reputable producer, Barros, is one of the many selections of fine Port wines now available at Clark Wine Center and other wine outlets of Yats Wine Cellars in Manila.

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Another kind of Tawny is the vintage-dated Colheita Port. These are Tawny Ports from a single vintage, for example 1963, but these are not Vintage Ports. Indeed, the use of the word “Vintage” on the label is strictly forbidden in order to avoid any confusion with Vintage Port. Instead of being bottled after two years in wood, as is the case with a true Vintage Port, or bottled between four-and six years as with a Late Bottled Vintage Port (see below), these Tawnies age for extended periods of time in cask. They cannot be bottled before a minimum of seven years of aging in wood, thereby assuring the wine takes on a Tawny quality.

A 1963 Colheita Port might be bottled in 1982, 1992 or 1995 — whenever the winemaker decides the wine is ready. A Colheita Port will always bear two dates: the year of harvest and the year of bottling. [This type of Port was once known as “Port of the Vintage” but the confusion between Port of the Vintage and Vintage Port was too great. “Port of the Vintage” is now a forbidden term, but may occasionally turn up on wines bottled prior to 1974 or so.] Also, as some firms feel the word “Colheita” is difficult for non-speakers of Portuguese to pronounce, they have gotten permission to use a new term: “Single Harvest Reserve.” To date, Dow and Warre employ this newer terminology.

Colheita (pronounced Col-yate-a) is pure and simply, a single vintage-dated Tawny Port, (all grapes are from one harvest) which are aged in small used oak barrels. In Portugese the word “Coleheita” actually means “harvest” and can be construed therefore, to mean vintage as well. Colheita Ports may also go by the name of “Port of the Vintage” and therefore must not be confused with Vintage Port, even though it is vintage dated on the label. If “Reserve” or “Reserva” is on the label…it means that the wine is a Colheita and not a VP. This confuses many individuals who think of “Reserve” in the typical sense of domestic wines in America. Colheita must be aged in cask at least 7 years, but eight years is pretty typical, but they may spend as many as 50 or more years maturing in wood. Look for the date of bottling on the front or the back label (“Bottled In 19XX “) along with the words “matured in wood” or “aged in cask”…both of which are further clues that this is not a Vintage Port. Colheitas offer excellent value as these wines are well aged, can be considered outstanding quality Tawny Ports, and are less expensive than similarly aged VP’s. Caveat: the wines must be of outstanding quality going into the bottle as aging alone will not make a decent wine great.

Like VPs, Colheitas are “declared” after approval by the I.V.D.P. (Port and Douro Wine Institute, located in Oporto with a secondary branch in Lisboa). There is even less Colheita produced than VP, approximately 1% of all Port produced and mostly Portuguese Port Shippers produce the great ones, but others like Niepoort, Kopke and Quinta do Noval are famous for this style too and just happen to be my three favorites. But Ferreira, Burmester, Barros, Ramos Pinto, Warre’s and Borges all make stand out examples as well. It is far more popular in Portugal than here in the U.S. where it is just becoming more popular in the past five years.

Tasting Notes: A bouquet of dried fruit, toasted wood and spices; has acquired an increased smoothness; the bouquet is harmonious and complex.

Famous labels and expensive brands of fine wines are available everywhere in Manila but there is only one wine supplier in the Philippines that offers vintages wines from France, Italy and Spain dating back several decades.

Yats Wine Cellars is known among Asian wine lovers as a good source for well-priced vintage wines from all the major wine regions of the world. What makes shopping at Yats a lot of fun is the fact that we offer not only the familiar labels and expensive trophy wines but also lesser known but really interesting vintage wines of excellent value sought after by connoisseurs and beginners alike.

In addition to wines from recent stellar vintages, this wine importer in the Philippines offers a very large selection of 20- to 40-year-old matured bottles that are sought after by connoisseurs and seasoned wine drinkers in Asia. Some of these wines are available through boutique wine shops in Ortigas and Fort Global City in Manila. Others can be ordered from their wine shops in Manila and Pampanga or the main sales office in Ortigas for delivery within Metro Manila or shipped to other parts of the Philippines.

Yats Wine Cellars is one of the wine suppliers that devote a great deal of attention and effort to wine education aimed at enabling wine lovers to enhance their knowledge of wine as well as to develop a discerning palate for fine wines. To that end this leading wine supplier in Philippines frequently hold public wine events that are not sponsored by wine producers and not intended to promote a certain brand.

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Although there are plenty of good restaurants in Manila as well as a growing number of gastro pubs mostly in the Fort Bonifacio Global city and Makati areas, food and wine lovers travel out of town north of Manila to wine and dine in Clark Air Base which is now called Clark Freeport Zone of Pampanga.

Ranked as the top restaurant in Pampanga, Yats Restaurant and Wine Lounge not only offers good food, excellent wine selection and attentive service, it is also one of the restaurants in Pampanga that is great for group dinners, business entertaining and celebrating birthdays and anniversaries also. Semi-private and private rooms are available for groups of 5 to 50 here in this fine dining restaurant in Clark.

Yats Restaurant is one of the restaurants in Clark Air Base that is well known to residents of Angeles City, Subic, Manila, Tarlac and Clark Philippines as a good place to eat in Pampanga. Recently, event organizers and corporate planning departments have discovered that this famous restaurant in Clark Pampanga is also a very good venue for group dinners and corporate functions, not to mention parties and celebrations for other special occasions outside of Manila in North Luzon.

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Private dinners can be accommodated in this famous restaurant located in Mimosa, at the heart of Pampanga Clark Freeport. Private rooms suitable for 4 to 24 can be reserved in advance at this impressive restaurant in Pampanga for company and personal functions and events in Clark. This fine dining restaurant in Pampanga is a very popular event venue for small wedding receptions, social events, company board meetings and annual parties. Even companies from Manila travel to Pampanga to hold their functions and events in this well known fine dining restaurant in Pampanga.

Besides good and impressive restaurants to wine and dine near Manila, Subic or in Angeles City Pampanga, Clark Philippines, those requiring assistance for hotel and resort bookings in Clark, Pampanga, Philippines may log on to http://www.HotelClarkPhilippines.com for more information and reservations.

Clark Pampanga is not only frequently visited for its good restaurants and fine dining establishments, it is also a highly recommended wedding destination especially for couples looking for outdoor garden reception venues and beach weddings. For assistance and information on wedding venues and how to organize a wedding reception, log on to http://www.PhilippinesWeddingVenue.com

Those visitors who plan to relax and unwind in Angeles City, Subic, Pampanga, Clark Philippines might make an effort to book a room at the famous beach and lake resort Clearwater Resort and Country Club. This famous hotel in Clark Pampanga is frequently visited by families with children looking for a good place in Clark to see, a good holiday destination for the family to relax and unwind in the beautiful outdoor facilities. For more information, log on to www.ClearwaterPhilippines.com

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Have a safe and pleasant trip to Clark Philippines.

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Pampanga Clark Freeport is blessed with an appealing ambiance that is conducive to a day of leisure and relaxation.  Adding to Clark Philippines’  many advantages as a premier destination for teambuilding, corporate outing and weddings, is one more feature.   Just a few-minute drive further down from the main gate of Clark, is one of the biggest wine shops in the Philippines.  Wine City Philippines is much more than a large wine shop in Pampanga.   It is a multi-purpose wine destination, offering a good bistro in Angeles City Pampanga.   It is also a good wine bar in Pampanga Angeles City.

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