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Re: What Portuguese wines have you opened this week
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2016 3:39 pm
by Andy Velebil
2012 Senhora do Convento Proprietor's Red Blend Douro. Will get a TN up soon
Re: What Portuguese wines have you opened this week
Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2016 12:16 am
by Roy Hersh
Maybe the longest stretch in many many years without a Douro table wine, (Portuguese wine yes, but not Douro).
Until tonight ... it had been a month or five weeks.
2009 Qta do Crasto, old vines Reserva. Wowow!
Re: What Portuguese wines have you opened this week
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2016 4:52 pm
by Roy Hersh
2012 Cedro do Noval
Re: What Portuguese wines have you opened this week
Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2016 7:09 pm
by Roy Hersh
2012 Quinta do Noval, Tinto.
Re: What Portuguese wines have you opened this week
Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2016 4:50 pm
by Roy Hersh
1985 Frei João Tinta - Bairrada.
It is not often that I get to open bottles from Bairrada vinified in 1985. While I've owned a 6-pack of these, so far the bottles have been "hit and miss". I just poured this into decanter, to remove sediment and give it no more than 30 minutes of air time. We'll see how this one behaves. 11.8% alcohol is a rarity these days!
Re: What Portuguese wines have you opened this week
Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2016 11:03 pm
by David Spriggs
2005 Niepoort Redoma Reserva Branco - excellent!
2004 Quinta do Crasto "Vinha da Ponte" - Excellent as well!
Re: What Portuguese wines have you opened this week
Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2016 3:32 pm
by Gerwin de Graaf
Quinta Nova de Nossa Senhora do Carmo - Tinto Grainha Reserva 2009
Simply a great wine
Re: What Portuguese wines have you opened this week
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2016 12:00 pm
by Moses Botbol
2007 Quinta Vallado Touriga Nacional
Re: What Portuguese wines have you opened this week
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2016 11:56 am
by Mika H
Odelouca Tinto 2014, Quinta do Frances, Algarve, Portugal. Well balanced, fantastic wine which i bought from the winery some 2 months ago. After a very nice tour and a tasting session with their awarded wines. Very beautiful place too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQ1i3JltHOg
Re: What Portuguese wines have you opened this week
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2016 12:55 pm
by Moses Botbol
2007 Quinta do Vale Meao Douro Meandro - Fully mature, nice flavors. Don't sit on these too long. Not as floral as some other Douros. Did not take notes, but have a ton of this. Will pay more attention on the next of many bottles. Was a deal at Costco back in the day.
Re: What Portuguese wines have you opened this week
Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 1:23 pm
by Mika H
Vinha do Bispado 2014, Douro. Vigorous red wine, great acidity and pepperish finish. Excellent quality-price ratio (8,90 € in Finland).
Re: What Portuguese wines have you opened this week
Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2016 4:50 pm
by Andy Velebil
Mika H wrote:Vinha do Bispado 2014, Douro. Vigorous red wine, great acidity and pepperish finish. Excellent quality-price ratio (8,90 € in Finland).
Mika, never heard of this one. Is this a small producer or a label from a larger producer?
Re: What Portuguese wines have you opened this week
Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2016 5:57 pm
by Eric Ifune
2004 Quinta da Romaneira.
Re: What Portuguese wines have you opened this week
Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2016 4:23 am
by Andy Velebil
2005 Niepoort Redoma Reserva Branco.
Re: What Portuguese wines have you opened this week
Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2016 12:17 pm
by Mika H
Andy Velebil wrote:Mika H wrote:Vinha do Bispado 2014, Douro. Vigorous red wine, great acidity and pepperish finish. Excellent quality-price ratio (8,90 € in Finland).
Mika, never heard of this one. Is this a small producer or a label from a larger producer?
Hello Andy. It is a part of CARM (Casa Agrícola Roboredo Madeira) family business, that's basically all i know.
Here you can find a little bit info about the vineyard:
http://www.carm.pt/en/quintas/quinta-do-bispado.php
It's just that everytime i find a new Douro wine at my local liquor store, i am very keen to taste it.
On the other hand, there has been a huge developement with the wines from Algarve within the last ten years or so. They really are revitalizing their wine production and i have come across very pleasant surprises lately and also visited a few quintas over there. So far i haven't found any discussion about the Algarve wines here at FTLOP forum.
Re: What Portuguese wines have you opened this week
Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2016 10:30 pm
by Bradley Bogdan
2014 Aveleda "Charamba"
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Re: What Portuguese wines have you opened this week
Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2017 3:47 pm
by Glenn E.
2005 Quinta do Crasto Touriga Nacional
2009 Quinta do Crasto Old Vines Reserva
For dinner with the Sammamish Port Club.
Re: What Portuguese wines have you opened this week
Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2017 1:50 am
by Roy Hersh
On Thursday, we opted out of having any white wines and instead, during the main course, had a 2005 Quinta do Crasto VV Reserva in a side-by-side comparison with 2005 Quinta de la Rosa Reserve, with a steak for dinner. The latter was my preference, which is saying a lot!
Re: What Portuguese wines have you opened this week
Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2017 4:12 am
by Andy Velebil
Roy Hersh wrote:On Thursday, we opted out of having any white wines and instead, during the main course, had a 2005 Quinta do Crasto VV Reserva in a side-by-side comparison with 2005 Quinta de la Rosa Reserve, with a steak for dinner. The latter was my preference, which is saying a lot!
It would be fun to put a 2005 Batuta against the de la Rosa and see what comes out the favorite. Both are equally good, but side by side blind would be a real test to see what comes out on top.
Re: What Portuguese wines have you opened this week
Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2017 12:05 pm
by Eric Menchen
Symington Altano Organic Douro. Corked
(14,49 € in Finland)