Bubble gum nose / bubbles / lemon and orange peel/ pear/ slight mineral start / refreshing fruity finish — 7 years ago
Just beautiful wine at lunch. — 8 years ago
A very very good port. — 9 years ago
Nice blend of 5 Nacional grapes. — 9 years ago
Oh jeez that's delicious. Vinho verde made with battonage. Classic Vinho attributes with unsurpassed breadth and mouthfeel. A real winner: — 10 years ago
Very well balanced with a good forward representation of Touriga Nacional. — 7 years ago
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
Crisp, tad carbonated. An easy summer wine — 8 years ago
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. — 9 years ago
Very nice 20 year tawny. Mouth filling with excellent profile throughout. Had at Paul Bocuse. — 9 years ago
Excellent dry Kelly and I in Lisbon. — 9 years ago
Still young and tight, very concentrated and tasty. Give it time and it will be special — 7 years ago
Sitting on the lanai in Grand Cayman sipping the wine 2012 one of the more reasonable wines for sale here. Going down very easy lightly peppered with plum and blueberry fruit taste possibly coffee. The color is dark and the aroma is as it tastes with pepper and dark fruit. — 8 years ago
Into it. Portuguese wines are criminally underrated. — 8 years ago
This is embarrassing - I admit I'm not a big Port fan! But I now realise I adore the Tawny variety! Right that's out of the way, this is seriously good stuff, pronounced, woody, toffeed, caramel, dried fruits and nutty, with the addition of dried figs and raisins coming forth on the palate. Sweet with nice acidity but seriously powerful with 21% abv — 9 years ago
Perfect for warm weather. Berries, tart, effervescent. — 9 years ago
So much black fruit and tea! Surprisingly youthful and delicious! — 10 years ago
Cary Silverman
Wow. Just a great end to our Valentine dinner — 7 years ago