Portuguese Wine Regions

The concentrated palate is soft (there's hardly any tannin) and sweetly fruited, with a liquoricey edge and just sufficient acidity to hold things in check. 49 Waitrose) 01/01 Medium red colour.

On the taste buds, mouthfilling flavours of ripe cherry fruit, with an amazing soft, smooth texture and genuine complexity. There is some brett, too, with medical and herbal notes in the background. This white wine avoids the rather bitter character I've frequently encountered in Portuguese reds. There is genuine concentration and class here, with all the components in harmony.

Portuguese Green Wine

Excellent, however not exceptional. 99 Oddbins) 12/99 Despite languishing on the shelves of a local branch of Threshers for a couple of years (the current release is 1998, I believe), this wine was still extremely much alive.

Both wines are the very same colour, a thick purple black, however instantly this white wine stuck out due to the fact that of a blast of sweet brand-new American oak. On the taste buds there is a strong cherry part, high acidity, and spicy vanillin oak. Nevertheless, it would be unjust to state that it is overoaked, as the oak balances well with the spicy, bitter fruit, making a well rounded package.

Portuguese Wine Australia

On the nose there is sweet fruit with a seconary herbal quality. On  Buy Portuguese Red Wine  there is a tasty blend of blackberries, black cherries, blackcurrant and velvety vanilla. My only criticism is that there is something missing out on from the midpalate-- the total flavour is a little flat right in the centre of the flavour spectrum.

On the palate this white wine is sternly tannic: it is not fruit-driven, but rather reveals notes of herbs, tea, chalk and minerals, with the impact of the Portuguese oak evident. Extremely structured and dry, but 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 rush). 2/00 Luis Pato is the name everybody mentions when the Bairrada region is discussed: he's been producing white wines from 62 ha of family owned vineyards (in 23 different plots) since the early 1980s that have actually been bring in a great deal of press.

They are possibly extremely remarkable; I state potentially, since all these red wines will truly need a decade approximately to truly show at their best. They are not extensively available yet in the UK. The list price will be some 15-20 per bottle, so they are not inexpensive, although this is sensible for the quality on deal.

Portuguese Wine Australia

5/00 Luis Pato Barrio 1998From 70 year old white wines, this gives a little more on the nose. 5/00 Luis Pato Quinta do Moinho 1998Once once again, a firm, tannic white wine. Deep and complex; good things that needs time to reveal its finest.