TN: 2006 Esporão Reserva Branco

[Eric Menchen]

Tasted blind. Smelled thick for a white wine, with aromas of wax, marigold, saffron, citrus, and light petrol. Medium bodied, but didn’t present much acidity. This was tasted after drinking some white sangria with a lot of citrus, so perhaps that biased me. A bigger sip latter had some pucker and acidity. But it remained a mildly acidic wine. There was some oak character later. A nice wine, but not overly special. 90 points. A blend of Roupeiro, Arinto, and Antão Vaz; fermented in new American oak.