Soneto
Gesprove
| Founded | 2003 |
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| Owner | José Pinheiro |
José Pinheiro started the company Gesprove after leaving a position as winemaker at Sandeman in 2003. For many years he focused on red and white table wines, but he always had as a goal to also produce Port Wine.
The company has a vineyard in S. João da Pesqueira, next to the emblematic dam of “Cachão da Valeira” where the famous Baron of Forrester lost his life in a shipwreck. The vineyard is in the transition between upper Corgo and Douro Superior in one of the few areas in Douro with granitic soil.
| Soneto Vintages: | 2015, 2016, 2022 |
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| House | Soneto | Vintage | 2015 |
| Colour | Still quite dark but a hint of maturity in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Still some dark berries such as cherry, mulberries and black berries but also toffee, fudge and chocolate in the nose. | Score range | 15.25 - 15.25 |
| Taste | Medium body. Quite mature and almost peaking. Balanced and quite elegant with dark berries such as cherry, mulberries and black berries but also toffee, fudge and chocolate in the mouth and with a quite lovely and rather long finish. Very easy to drink and enjoy. | Average score | 15.25 |
| Last tasted | 1st March 2025 | Point this date | 15.25 |
| Comment | Tasted at the Port Wine Festival in Roskilde, Denmark. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |