Mason Balistreri

Sommelier, International Wine Guild; Balistreri Vineyard; Sales, Joy Wine and Spirits

8.9

Another Baga here. This one is aged. Very balanced and smooth, showing really well on the palate not that it's 18 years after it was made. Still in it's awkward teenage years for sure. There's a touch of a chlorine vibe with the aroma but the palate is slick and exciting. Shout out to the waitress who couldn't find the originally ordered vintage and botched getting the cork out. We paired it with grilled Dogfish and it cost about 15 euros.

#baga #wine #naturalwine #drinkingnatural #portugalwine#portuguesewine — 6 years ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.0

Vintage 2012 — 7 years ago

Stephen Zipp

9.1

Immediately after opening the bottle I was greeted with its beautiful fragrance. Dark, vibrantly light and smooth, this wine can be drank completely on its own. Delicious acidity. — 8 years ago

Lineu Paula

8.9

Notas de frutas maduras, especiarias doces, boa estrutura, taninos redondos, fácil de tomar. Safra 2013 em julho de 2016, no Bistrô Isadora Duncan, Florianópolis. — 8 years ago

Tom Kobylarz

10

Another rare Douro Beauty, this is harder to find than most cult wines and unicorns! Beautifully expressive of place, with more red fruits and a little more opulence than the Rio. An exceptional wine and on my list of must finds. — 8 years ago

Tom Kobylarz

9.4

Extremely rare, not sold in the USA but available at the Quinta to taste and take with you. 100% Touriga Nacional from both schist and granite, the combination of both soil types adds power, structure, freshness and complexity from the schist, while the granite rounds out the wine with more body, deeper fruit and plush tannins. Well structured and balanced, this is an elegant version of TN that will please traditional Douro wine consumers, as well as those that appreciate precision and elegance matched with power and grace. We were able to taste the 2014 individual parcels that allowed us to see the components that each soil type bring to the wine. This should go 95+ as it ages, it sure has the potential to do so.
Tasted at Quinta do Vale Meao 10/16/2015, tasted at opening and 1.5 hours later.
#meao #dourovalley — 9 years ago

Ntobeko Ntusi

9.3

2013 vintage. Excellent Shiraz. — 9 years ago

Jeffrey Schott

9.4

Bright, raspberry, slight minerality. Really nice wine. — 10 years ago

Tif Impson

9.0

Decent- pretty good price! — 11 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!!! — 7 years ago

Silvia's Wine

Founder, V&N Cellars - Barcelona

9.0

Dao, Portugal. It takes a while to open up but when it does it is all mature fruit and concentration. — 7 years ago

Ryan Hess

8.9

Currant, blackberry, tobacco...love the oak — 8 years ago

Justin Smith

9.1

Tart strawberry / tobacco / dirt — 8 years ago

Matté

Manager The Wine Cellars

9.2

Dense, complex with a great macadamia nut notes at the core of dense black and blue fruit with a firm perfume coming through. Spicy black fruit with taught tannins, needs plenty of time in the cellar. — 8 years ago

Pamela Snowberger

9.0

Plummy, earthy, very well balanced. ❤️ — 9 years ago

Jason Sliwa

9.2

Fantastic rose. Bright and mineral, muted fruit notes to keep it round. Very pleasing. Complemented a vegan tajine dish well. Around $20 at D'Vines. — 9 years ago

with Vicki

Fabien Lainé

Blogger VinDeling.com

9.0

Attractive and intense, this wine is fermented for 6 month in barrel, Luis Pato well renown Bairrada producer , delivers fine wine made of Bical, crispy and vibrant 😃 — 9 years ago

Michael Johnson

9.1

Wines from Spanish speaking countries make me happy. — 11 years ago

Cesar Oliveira

9.2

Mouse cale Ribeirao preto — 11 years ago

Steven Dunski

9.1

Excellent Syrah blend. Amazing on the nose and even better in the mouth. — 7 years ago

Miguel Ostrowski

9.0

Still young and tight, very concentrated and tasty. Give it time and it will be special — 7 years ago

k r

9.5

Very tasty wine. Smooth taste with just a bit of acidity. "Jammy". — 8 years ago

Bruno Gomes

9.6

Muito bom! — 8 years ago

Eli Wagner

9.4

Beent really likes had at the winery — 8 years ago

Avelino Silva

9.0

Otimo vinho! Encorpado! — 8 years ago

Jonas Johansson

9.8

Natural fermentation is the way to go. This wine is awesome. — 9 years ago

Gerhard Ziemer

9.0

Great, silky texture and dark fruit, with lots of fig. A value, too. — 9 years ago

Alida

9.4

Love the taste and silky texture; not too many tannins — 10 years ago

Joana Dias

9.4

Vinha da Defesa white wine — 11 years ago

Armando Agostinho

10

Great wine , smooth in taste , great with red meat. — 12 years ago