Cartuxa

Is a Portuguese wine not available at the LCBO (though you can buy a bottle to accompany a fine meal at Chiado).

What I didn't know is that they have a specific appellation for their top drawer wine - an appellation that is so elite it doesn't get used every year.

That wine is the Pêra-Manca. And yes, that is what we drank. It was incredibly smooth and I got dark cherry notes while Nuno detected vanilla.

It will only get better with age.