Barão De Vilar Tinto

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Right, let’s have a look at this Barão de Vilar. It’s presenting itself with a rather dramatic flourish, claiming a meticulously hand-harvested approach – “a selection table,” he insists – as if crafting a masterpiece. The fermentation, overseen with a frankly obsessive control of temperature, finishes with a 24-month aging in French oak barrels (new and used, naturally), because, well, a little French flair is apparently essential. The result is a wine that’s rather fond of boasting about its “care,” and frankly, it deserves a hearty piece of grilled beef to really justify all that fuss.