Jakub Kalinowski

9.2

Expressive nose with waxy lemons, a bit of matchstick reduction, some brioche. There’s also some white peach, white flowers. Quite complex. Rich and yet fresh. Intriguing & enticing.
Beautiful texture on the palate, love the mouthfeel. Layered, quite rich, impeccably balanced & poised.
Very elegant. Slightly creamy texture balanced by racy, juicy acidity. Yellow stone fruit in the back. And a long, saline finish.
Somehow I didn’t like it a year ago, maybe it was a bad bottle.
This is really signing! — 15 days ago

Jeroen Koenen

9.4

Rich, dense and concentrated. Powerful wine, long and complex
Great with this codfish and chickpea dish from chef Rui Paula.
@delectable: 2017 Vale D. Maria - vinha de Martim - Douro White blend — 4 years ago

Alli Rosen

9.0

Needs to be chilled a bit, good flavor, blend of 20 grape varieties, smoky but still seems light — 8 years ago

Eve charest

9.8

With portugaise cheese and saucissons.. looking at the sunset of Porto!
Amazing! So good! — a year ago

Brian Lenich

9.2

Awasi first lunch with JoAnn Amy and Jason — 3 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.2

Made from low yielding 90-year old vines, deep Ruby with aromas of red/black fruits and floral spice. On the palate flavors of blackberry and plum with cacao, black pepper and floral citrus. Firm tannins on a long finish ending with fruit and mineral character. Nice but needs a few years in big the bottle!! — 5 years ago

Steve Medbery

9.4

Great structure, luscious, blueberry, dried fruit, spicy — 2 years ago

Robert Stackowiak

9.1

A solid Douro blend. Smoothed Tannins. Bright. A nice pairing with beef tacos. September 2022. — 3 years ago

John Kanellopoulos

9.5

The Portuguese are teaching me at least that blending many vines with passion can produce exquisite experiences: refined, good body, smooth Ramon’s for a young wine, robust color l, varying aromas-really changing constantly!!! — 8 years ago

JKT

9.3

GL Portugal tasting 2/15/17. Nose with violets and savoriness that seemed to have opened up with time. At first more fruit driven. Palate that's really complex and yummy. More complex than'13 which suffered from a heat wave. 60% new oak and. Only 48 bottles left! — 9 years ago