TN: 2006 Quinta do Portal Grande Reserva

[Glenn E.]

This won't be much of a TN because I don't actually drink wine, but my wife opened a bottle of this last night and we both thought it was really exceptional. This was from the Quinta do Portal FTLOP offering last year - my order just arrived this week.

It's very smooth for a red wine (at least to me) with round fruits. It's not sweet, though it may be considered somewhat sweet for a red wine, but it also isn't powerfully bitter like a lot of red wines can be (especially some California cabs).

Now I have to try to hide the other 5 bottles from her so that we can give 'em some age.

[Roy Hersh]

Congratulations!

That is as close to a TN as we can expect anytime soon on dry wine. What you call sweet, others may perceive as fruit filled or ripe.

So where's the score?

[Glenn E.]

LOL... well as you know, I have no basis from which to score a red wine. I just thought this one was so nice that I wanted to at least post some kind of a note and get it some publicity!

I hope lots of people took advantage of the offer, because this really does seem like a great wine to me.

[Andy Velebil]

LOL... well as you know, I have no basis from which to score a red wine. I just thought this one was so nice that I wanted to at least post some kind of a note and get it some publicity!

I hope lots of people took advantage of the offer, because this really does seem like a great wine to me.

99 points for a port is 99 points for a wine

[Glenn E.]

99 points for a port is 99 points for a wine

Yeah, but I don't drink red wine so I don't know what a 99 point red wine tastes like! Sheesh, and you guys think my Port ratings are wonky because I like tawnies better than rubies... whattaya think my red wine ratings would look like since I admittedly don't even like the stuff?

But maybe you should bring one up here next time you visit. You know, so that I'd have a reference point.

[Andy Velebil]

. whattaya think my red wine ratings would look like since I admittedly don't even like the stuff?

But maybe you should bring one up here next time you visit. You know, so that I'd have a reference point.

Well at least the wine will get 50 points

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