Tawny Port bottled by CCVP in Vila Nova de Gaia.
Old fashioned Port with a light brownish color and tea aromas. In the mouth we can feel low structure as well as acidity. Almost without flavour.
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Barbeito Sercial Frasqueira 1988
Barbeito is nowadays one of the fewest producers of Madeira wine and it’s at the same time co-shared with a japanese company. As many of you know, Barbeito usually produce Madeira wines which provide us more acidity and that’s what we can find also in this wine.
Sercial’s 1988 has a deep yellow greenish color full of richness from the aromatic complexity. Dried frutis, herbs, honey, tea, resid and iodine. It’s taste is very dry and Sercial wines used to be with powerfull complexity and presistence.
C
Quinta da Romaneira Vintage 1985
Romaneira is one of the most important estates of Douro valley which limits if we can say occupy a huge quantity of ha near the Douro river.
From a very interesting year this vintage wine from Romaneira estate had better years. We can say that is full of dried fruits, spices and it’s very smooth although it isn’t my kind of vintage. Usually I prefer Powerfull new vintages or complex ones from older years.
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Adega do Torreão Bastardo 1900
Beautiful Bastardo from the ancient Adega do Torreão. Deep brownish color with a complex aroma of dried fruits, “vinagrinho”, iodine, resin and light honey.
B
António Eduardo Henriques Sucs, Lda. Boal Solera 1907
From a producer already vanished from the actual wine companies of Madeira wine, this Boal Solera is an incredible wine. Beautiful dark ambar color. Figs, dried fruits, iodine and resin intense aroma. And what a persistence. Great!!!
B
Kopke 10 years old Port
Established in 1638 by Christiano Kopke and his son, Kopke is the oldest Port wine company. Since then it has changed to other owners such as Boahne family, as well as, Barros family. Nowadays it belongs to the Spanish company, Sogevinus Fine Wines.
This wine has a brownish color and an aroma with dried fruits, honey and apricot. In the mouth it’s a very silky wine, with good complexity and persistent. Usually I prefer Kopke White 10 years old although this one is pretty nice.
E
Cockburn’s Special Reserve
Cockburn’s was founded in 1815 by Robert Cockburn, a former soldier of the British army who fought in Portugal against the French army.
Cockburn’s history will always be related to the launch of a Special Reserve label in 1969. Since then the quality of Port grapes increased a lot and the demand of a new kind of vintage – the vintage character style has born. Nowadays belongs to the Symington family.
Cockburn’s Special Reserve has a medium dark ruby color, a clean aroma with lots of balance and dark plums intensity. Beautiful texture, tannins and persistence. It deserves more attention in Portugal.
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