“Sandra Tavares and Jorge Serodio Borges bought their Pintas vineyard in 2003, a parcel in the hills above Pinhão, in the Vale Mendiz, where the 80-year-old mixed planting includes more than 30 vine varieties. Making Vintage Port from a small parcel is a challenge, as the conditions must cooperate in that exact spot. It’s why Noval’s Nacional, on a hill across the road, often shines in vintages that famed Port producers don’t declare. And it may be why this 2019 in the best Vintage Port from Pintas we’ve tasted on release. Its powerful tannic structure is completely wrapped in fat red currant and blackcurrant richness; the fruit seems oblivious to the fact that the tannins are unyielding, even as those two elements feel integrated and inseparable. A wine for the ages.”– (Best 2019 Vintage Ports)
— Wine & Spirits, Oct 2022

“Sandra Tavares and Jorge Serodio Borges bought their Pintas Vineyard in 2003, a parcel in the hills above Pinhão, in the Vale Mendiz, where the 80-year-old mixed planting includes more than 30 vine varieties. Making Vintage Port from a small parcel is a challenge, as the conditions must cooperate in that exact spot. It’s why Noval’s Nacional, on a hill across the road, often shines in vintages that famed Port producers don’t declare. And it may be why this 2019 is the best Vintage Port from Pintas we’ve tasted on release. Its powerful tannic structure is completely wrapped in fat red currant and blackcurrant richness; the fruit seems oblivious to the fact that the tannins are unyielding, even as those two elements feel integrated and inseparable. A wine for the ages.”
— Wine & Spirits, Dec 2021