Sipping Fine Wine

8.9

Deep Ruby with aromas of ripe black fruits and floral spice. On the palate flavors of ripe blackberry and plum with toasty oak and slight pepper spice. Firm tannins, medium finish ending with fruit and spice, nice value. Drink now no further aging benefit! — 2 years ago

Anthony Kluska

8.9

Clasic duro clove and Cassis. — 5 years ago

Tegan Marriott

9.0

Oh goodness Godello! This Mel🍈 ny esque vino was a definite quencher. A spot on take on this Spanish varietal. — 6 years ago

Maddie Fromell

8.9

Listening to fado in Lisbon — 7 years ago

Sanjay Sadhu

9.0

Very nice crisp Albariño — 8 years ago

TheWineStalker

9.5

Gorgeous ruby red in color with its flavors and aromas heavy with spices, raspberry sauce, strawberry licorice and chocolate. — 9 years ago

Eldon Sproule

9.5

This is quite a complex wine. Give it some time to breathe and it will reward you for that. Doesn't need any more time to age, if anything drink it soon. I didn't have another to compare it to, but it may be just past it's prime. Primary flavours: Tobacco, stewed plum, dried sour cherry. Secondaries: leather, smoke, white pepper, vanilla. Tertiaries: green capsicum, spearmint. Full body, long finish, very intense, very complex, many levels of expression.

The short answer - buy it and drink it — 9 years ago

Nicole Hakli

Sommelier The NoMad Restaurant

9.4

Very Bordeaux like with a little extra oomph. — 10 years ago

Randy B

9.2

NY Times top 20 under $20 — 10 years ago

John Wight

Sommelier/Wine Director Luce Restaurant

9.6

So much black fruit and tea! Surprisingly youthful and delicious! — 11 years ago

Benjamin Shirk

9.3

McCarthy & Schiering, $11

Bursting with tropical flavors, lots of pineapple and guava, almost reminds me of POG juice. Balanced with a crisp acidity and very easy to drink. Amazing for the price, I immediately went back and grabbed 2 more bottles — 3 years ago

Alex

9.2

Best Spanish red I’ve had in a while. Mencia (or Juan in Portugal) great cab franc substitute. — 4 years ago

Jeffrey Lam

9.4

Nice with seafood. Slightly sweet. Very smooth. — 6 years ago

Makena Riendeau

10

So light yet so flavorful — 6 years ago

Randy Fuller

9.4

This Albariño shows lemon, lime and lanolin on the nose, with a whiff of apricot. The pale color is that of golden straw, and the palate comes forth with a mighty acidity and a mouthful of green apples, on the tart side. Minerality makes a big play, and the finish is medium-long with a citrus zestiness. — 8 years ago

Kendra Riggs

9.2

Liked a lot. Would buy again. — 9 years ago

Paco Suro

9.0

Good acidity and balance. Nice weight to it. — 10 years ago

with Zac and Amy

Pat Furey

9.5

A very very good port. — 10 years ago

with Derrek

Mike Geraghty

9.6

Excellent dry Kelly and I in Lisbon. — 11 years ago

Michael Reyes

10

Amazing and extra smooth! — 12 years ago

with Aaron

Kim Tae Wan

9.2

Good cherry flavor. Good 2016 vintage, good Porto. — 3 years ago

Jim Nelson

9.3

Haven’t had this in years and missed it like crazy — 4 years ago

B Natasha Woo Ding

9.2

Soft, but with enough body and structure to assert itself. — 5 years ago

B

10

2017 Niepoort Branco. HB for Barry M. Not as good as the last bottle, but still delicious. Lean and fresh. — 6 years ago

Peter Wassam

9.1

Great chilled. Incredible purity of red fruits and watermelon twizzler. Charming tissue tannins — 7 years ago

Rod Rasmussen

9.0

Very well balanced with a good forward representation of Touriga Nacional. — 8 years ago

Mike Kane

9.5

Just beautiful wine at lunch. — 10 years ago

Michael Meagher MS

Chairman/Founder Boston Sommelier Society, Beverage Director Cafe Escadrille

8.9

Pairing it up with some Moroccan lamb with tomato and eggplant. Spicy, black fruits on the palate with some olive and bitter herbal accents. Should be a nice foil for the tagine. — 10 years ago

Richard Haynes

9.0

melon & minerals all day. Great value #godello from #valdeorras — 11 years ago

Peter Granoff MS

Master Sommelier, Founder/Partner Ferry Plaza Wine Merchant & Oxbow Cheese & Wine Merchant

10

I almost feel guilty posting this, as the opportunity to taste such an extraordinary wine comes so rarely. Deep and rich, with amazing balance for a young Port. Years to go - — 11 years ago