TN: Terrific Portal Branco!
Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2010 7:21 pm
TN: `08 Quinta do Portal Branco, Douro.
Blend of Moscatel, Viosinho and Malvasia Fino, $24 Cdn, 13.5% alc.
Color is a deep straw with faint lemon hints. On the nose, spice, pear, floral, melon. I think many expect whites from Portugal to be all dry....big mis-conception! Palate showed some spice and tropical fruit tones. Crisp, long finish, always like the moscatel in my whites. Good acidity, well-balanced wine.
Blend of Moscatel, Viosinho and Malvasia Fino, $24 Cdn, 13.5% alc.
Color is a deep straw with faint lemon hints. On the nose, spice, pear, floral, melon. I think many expect whites from Portugal to be all dry....big mis-conception! Palate showed some spice and tropical fruit tones. Crisp, long finish, always like the moscatel in my whites. Good acidity, well-balanced wine.