João Tavares, Beiras Tinto "Terras de Tavares"

Today's discovery is actually more of an old friend, and not just any friend, but the kind that you drop everything and meet up with every time they roll into town. Throughout its first 15 years, winemaker João Tavares de Pina routinely descended into his cellar to taste today’s 2002 flagship wine until finally deeming it ready for release in 2017. That’s when we first offered and completely sold out of this recherché beauty. Five years later a tiny tranche was discovered and once again it sold out super fast. We were sure that was the very last of it, until an importer friend said they had secured another tiny amount and it was now resting in their California warehouse. Joyous day! The aromas and textures on this 2002 “Terras de Tavares” are astounding, perplexing even—like a hybrid of old-school ’80s Piedmont and ’90s Bordeaux—as some of you already know and hopefully a few more can now discover. But don't wait, we have just a few cases and this really may be the last of it. Quinta