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

Alex

9.2

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

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10

2017 Niepoort Branco. HB for Barry M. Not as good as the last bottle, but still delicious. Lean and fresh. — 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. — 7 years ago

Rod Rasmussen

9.0

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

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

Mike Geraghty

9.6

Excellent dry Kelly and I in Lisbon. — 10 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 — 2 years ago

Jim Nelson

9.3

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

Makena Riendeau

10

So light yet so flavorful — 6 years ago

Peter Wassam

9.1

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

Sanjay Sadhu

9.0

Very nice crisp Albariño — 8 years ago

Naletta Rucinski-Burr

9.1

Easy, good every day wine — 9 years ago

Mike Kane

9.5

Just beautiful wine at lunch. — 9 years ago

Nicole Hakli

Sommelier The NoMad Restaurant

9.4

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

Richard Haynes

9.0

melon & minerals all day. Great value #godello from #valdeorras — 10 years ago

Michael Reyes

10

Amazing and extra smooth! — 11 years ago

with Aaron

Kim Tae Wan

9.2

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

Pooneet K

9.2

Very nice - but it’s birth year port drinking beautifully on NYE so who can complain? Not as complex or deep as some but still delicious. — 4 years ago

B Natasha Woo Ding

9.2

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

Jeffrey Lam

9.4

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

Maddie Fromell

8.9

Listening to fado in Lisbon — 7 years ago

Adam Medford

9.5

A 750ML bottle of Ruby Port for $28?!? This is my new favorite “best buy” Port and I will continue drinking it! Sooo tasty — 7 years ago

Kendra Riggs

9.2

Liked a lot. Would buy again. — 8 years ago

Christine Havens

9.4

The 2000 Quinta do Noval Porto Colheita Tawny is superb, showing warm and welcoming notes of caramel, dried fruit, honey, sultana along with a pinch of toast. The mind immediately jumps to pairings like stilton, Roquefort, or dried fruit, though, surprisingly the staff at Noval recommend trying it with fresh carrot, unpeeled. I love the this Port's vibrancy and balance, the palate bright, like a newly minted penny, its brimming over with walnut shells, figs, golden raisins, and spice cake. Just lovely. 20.5% ABV | Sample — 9 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