Portuguese Wine

The focused palate is soft (there's barely any tannin) and sweetly fruited, with a liquoricey edge and simply adequate level of acidity to hold things in check. 49 Waitrose) 01/01 Medium red colour.

On the palate, mouthfilling flavours of ripe cherry fruit, with an amazing soft, silky texture and real intricacy. This red wine prevents the rather bitter character I have actually typically come across in Portuguese reds.

Portuguese Green Wine

Excellent, but not outstanding. (6. 99 Oddbins) 12/99 Despite languishing on the racks of a regional branch of Threshers for a few years (the current release is 1998, I think), this white wine was still very much alive. An encouraging deep red/purple colour with some brick red at the rim. Theres a sweet edge to the high acid, a little unpredictable, spicy nose, with notes of leather and tea.

Both wines are the exact same colour, a dense purple black, however instantly this white wine stood apart since of a blast of sweet new American oak. On the taste buds there is a strong cherry part, high level of acidity, and spicy vanillin oak. It would be unjust to say that it is overoaked, as the oak balances well with the spicy, bitter fruit, making a well rounded package.

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On the nose there is sweet fruit with a seconary organic quality. On the taste buds there is an appealing mix of blackberries, black cherries, blackcurrant and velvety vanilla.  Click here  is that there is something missing from the midpalate-- the general flavour is a little flat right in the centre of the flavour spectrum.

On the palate this red wine is sternly tannic: it is not fruit-driven, but instead shows notes of herbs, tea, chalk and minerals, with the effect of the Portuguese oak evident. Extremely structured and dry, however a great food match and a steal at 4, for what is rather a severe, if stern, wine.

Portuguese Wine

99, Majestic-- part of the bin-end sale, so hurry). 2/00 Luis Pato is the name everybody points out when the Bairrada region is gone over: he's been producing white wines from 62 ha of family owned vineyards (in 23 different plots) considering that the early 1980s that have actually been attracting a great deal of press.

They are potentially extremely outstanding; I state potentially, due to the fact that all these white wines will truly need a decade or so to actually reveal at their finest. They are not commonly offered yet in the UK. The retail rate will be some 15-20 per bottle, so they are not inexpensive, although this is affordable for the quality available.

Portuguese Green Wine

5/00 Luis Pato Barrio 1998From 70 year old wines, this offers a bit more on the nose. There are cherries and some meaty notes. Bright fruit on the taste buds, with firm tannins. Good. 5/00 Luis Pato Quinta do Moinho 1998Once again, a firm, tannic white wine.  Look at more info  and complex; great things that requires time to reveal its finest.