Mystery wine - is this a port or something else?

[Joe Dachille]

I'm usually hanging out in the madeira forum, but I might have a stumper here.

Quinta do conego
1987
"Estremadura"
Vermelha (producer)

Will upload a photo soon.

Joe D'Achille
Melbourne, Florida

[Moses Botbol]

Estremadura is another wine region of Portugal and I think the largest by volume.

[Joe Dachille]

Here is a (poor) photo of the label. There is a red wax seal on the top of the bottle.

"Licoroso"? Is that "liquor/spirits", "licorice", or something else?

Is 1987 still drinkable? The merchant said it was ok to good, but the cork might disintegrate.

Joe D'Achille
Melbourne, Florida

[Daniel R.]

"licoroso" is a generic name for a fortified wine. This is a fortified red wine; it is not Port and it is not from the Douro. Estremadura is the old name for the "Lisboa" region.

[Moses Botbol]

Pop the cork and let us know!

[Roy Hersh]

I've had some of these back from the 1950's this past May when visiting the Lisbon area. All of the oldies were still great and I remember one 1957 was amazing, albeit a different producer, as the label was very unique. I'd say if your bottle was stored well, your odds are pretty good given it is only 24 years old.

[Joe Dachille]

I did as Moses suggested and popped the cork.


But since the wine was, as Daniel indicated, not a port, I will post my comments in the Portuguese table wine forum.

Joe D'Achille
Melbourne, Florida

[Mario Ferreira]

As per the label that wine was produced by Caves Vidigal, a wine producer located near the town of Leiria, in central Portugal.

Their website is: http://vidigalwines.com/

Estremadura Wine Region has been renamed in 2009 and it's now Lisboa Wine Region.