Adriana Fabbro

9.1

Baga but make it sparkle (traditional method—hey). Festive: red currant, cranberry, tart cherry, red licorice and a hint of caramel on the finish — punchy, puckering acidity. Pure joy (just look at that appetizing color) and a silly stupid value. — 4 years ago

Ray Vanderhoff

9.1

Interesting red blend that features the Baga (85%) grape. Blended with Touriga National (15%). Very dark color but lighter in body than I would have expected. Bright and jammy red fruit aromas and flavors with hints of prunes and dark chocolate. Solid acidity and very long finish. Moderate finish and tannins. In a very good place right now. Thanks for sharing and insisting we open this one, Ron B! — 4 years ago

Grant Harmsen

8.9

Needs time to open up but evidence of Arinto’s aging potential. Displaying classic notes of oxidized apples, citrus juice and preserved citrus peel. Saline on the finish. — 5 years ago

Aline Rms

9.2

This is my kind of wine! The end taste is woody and it’s perfect with meat (specially a bbq made in the wood fire). Personal note: both, I and my fiancé loved this one, what is a rare find!! — 6 years ago

J. Kim

9.4

No doubt about its excellence. Old-school aromas, from long-aging in old wood and bottle. Not as ethereal as the best Brunellos and more earthly, but just as fine. — 7 years ago

Jared Sheffield

9.2

Very unique wine. Similar characteristics to Nebbiolo. Beautiful color from the age reflecting a very earthy earthy full-bodied wine. The initial nose also has tar, wet soil and cassis. Needs half a day (at least) to open up. The flavor has cherry, raspberry, tobacco and beef-like flavor. Great smoky finish. Very different for me — 7 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 — 8 years ago

Julie Ong

9.0

Lush - $22. — 9 years ago

Olivia Ragni

9.1

Drinking lovely! This producer holds back their wines until they feel ready to release, this 1980 is a current release! Still showing fruit, leather and "crispness" as the Portuguese would say. — 10 years ago

J. Kim

9.0

Killer aroma, acidity and minerality. Very slight hint of natural funk. — 4 years ago

João Lemos

8.9

Vintage 2016 — 4 years ago

Robert Duncan

9.4

Funky and grassy. Delicious. — 5 years ago

Gustavo

9.9

1985. Tomado em Campinas. Com Gustavo e Patrícia — 5 years ago

Dave Olson

9.1

Very nice, slightly mineral, exckeloent with fish. 80% Bical 20% Arinto — 6 years ago

Amber Aultman

9.0

Having dinner with Alyce at this lovely little Portuguese restaurant in our old hood in LES — 7 years ago

Natalia Denisova

9.0

Сорта бикаль, серсиаль, серсиалинью. Белая Португалия. Зрелые желтые яблоки, лимонная цедра, белые персики, айва, минеральность (кремний), лёгкий сливочный тон. Высокая кислотность, среднее тело. Сбалансированное, свежее, вполне комплексное. Очень хорошее вино за свои деньги. — 7 years ago

Tia Subramanian

9.4

Fragrant and delicately fruity, gorgeous peachy-pink. What you drink when a fascist, racist sexual predator defeats the should-have-been-first-woman-president. — 9 years ago

Prem Anand

9.1

Very nice full bodied — 9 years ago

Rachel Digiulio

9.8

Light Portuguese wine bright and fruity — 10 years ago

Neha

9.6

Spicy I love it — 10 years ago

Frank Kuo

9.2

Color is a mix of purple and burgundy, a bit cloudy. Nose of dried strawberry, spicy note, currants, and carbonates grape juice. Taste is smooth and follows the nose with addition of zest, decent acidity, and tiny hint of mineral. Some more blackberry. And some more black pepper. Aftertaste of some more warmth from black peppers. Clean and warm, and above average. — 4 years ago

Ming L

9.0

The oak is quite prominent though not overbearing initially, and subsides gradually to commingle with ripe black fruits, clove, anise, dark chocolate, dried herbs, and slight hint of barnyard. Full body. Savory and lush palate but the fruits feels youthful than the nose suggested. Vivid acidity and still solid tannins. Will continue to get better in the next 5 years also.

This bottle serves a reminder that I need to drink more wines from Portugal, one of my favorite countries to visit. — 5 years ago

Ben Cowley

8.9

Drank it after about five other bottles on Fri before Secret Cinema. Remember thinking it is good, need to revisit. Heavy, grown up but still elegant. — 5 years ago

Paco Suro

9.0

Celery seed. Super interesting. Not in a bad way! I would do it again. — 6 years ago

Norah Eldredge

9.4

Pepper, dark fruit smooth tannins. Crunchy yummy drinky. — 7 years ago

Sebastian

10

Phenomenal wine for the price. Earthy at first then flowery. The perfect wine for a special occasion. 1989 — 7 years ago

Francisco de Assis Melo Lima

8.9

Francisco Melo Lima — 7 years ago

Kyle Doucet-Walter

9.0

Very shy and closed when I tasted it. Feel like I didn't get a proper feel for the wine. — 9 years ago

Hasib Nasirullah

9.3

Awesome after dinner with some Stilton, grapes, and crackers. — 9 years ago

Mundo Dos Vinhos

9.5

Excelent quality/price. — 10 years ago