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Herdade dos Coelheiros 1999 Tapada de Coelheiros Garrafeira Red (Alentejano)

Price $42

Garrafeira means a wine designed for cellaring. From this small 50-acre vineyard in Arraiolos in the the Alentejo, this powerful concentrated wine is a blend of Caberenet Sauvignon and Aragonês. Almost black in color., this is a hugely rich, almost impenetrable wine, with dark, tarry fruit and big solid tannins. With its dryness it is quite old fashioned, but the… — R.V. (12/31/2002)

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Herdade dos Coelheiros 1999 Tapada de Coelheiros Red (Alentejano)

Price $32

A dark, tarry, tannic wine with old-style fruit, with rich black fruit flavors underneath it all. The huge, dry tannins make this a wine that will need at least 5 years of cellaring. —R.V. — R.V. (12/31/2002)

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