TN: 2000 Quinta do Passadouro Vinho Tinto
Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 10:37 am
I tasted this wine quite a few times over the last couple of years, but noticed that I never posted a TN here. I did post one on WS though about two years ago, that I will paste here. Notes of a recent experience (a week ago) are beneath the TN.
We drank our last bottle of this wine, and it was peak drinking. Indeed smoother and more complex that 2 years ago. The bananas are gone, and some leather / tobacco tones have emerged. Lovely wine. Still 91/92 points. No need to hurry if you have some, but a great pleasure to start drinking them now.Very concentrated colour, deep purple going to black in the centre. Small, bright purple rim. The nose is wonderful: abundant fruit, green herbs (lots of bay leaf) and characteristic sweet bananas (not too much though, a nice balance). It tastes very powerful and young. Blackberries, blueberries, cherries, lots of herbs, some pepper and a lovely freshness. Medium bodied and beautifully integrated tannins. The finish is long and spicey.
I liked this wine very much and LadyR and I had no trouble whatsoever to finish the bottle; this is drinking like a dream. No harm done by cellaring it a little while longer though. I guess that in two / three years time it will gain some in complexity and be even smoother and lovelier. 91 RR points.