2001 Quinta de Roriz Vintage Port

[Bradley Bogdan]

Decanted 8 hours, consumed 6-16-13, perfect cork.

Nose is full of fresh berries, but that is masked by a lot of alcohol.

The palate is medium weight, with good fresh red and black fruits, a nicely integrated and pleasant sweet black olive character, and a good minerality that seems both acid and tannin driven. There is a vague hint of vegetal nature as well, but nothing i can really put a finger on. It seems to add a freshness rather than be a downside. The alcohol is still a big sticking point, though and really detracts. Plenty of length, and probably a good decade ahead of it.

On a quirky side note, it actually pairs very well with guacamole and tortilla chips, the cool vintage nature matches a bit of green with green, and the sweetness matches the saltiness really well. Color me shocked, haha.

88 Pts.

[Bradley Bogdan]

FYI on day two, the alcohol didn't integrate any better, in fact, probably a bit worse. Apparently not a decant issue.

[Andy Velebil]

I last had this almost exactly a year ago, in a small vertical of Roriz' at the Quinta. I thought this was quite nice and drinking well at the moment, with some moderate aging potential ahead still. Not a blockbuster, but what I thought is a good mid-term drinker as you wait for 2007 or 2011 to come around. I didn't get any of the overt heat you seem to be getting though.

[Bradley Bogdan]

Perhaps an off bottle. The rest of the wine is certainly a pleasant mid term drinker as the other notes suggest.