Archive for 'Portugal' Category

Jose Maria Da Fonseca 2003 Periquita - Red Wine

Nov 11th, 2008 by admin | 0

Red Wine by Jose Maria Da Fonseca from Portugal. Blend: Castelao, Trincadeira, Aragonez Color: Deep ruby Bouquet: Red berries, black currant, chocolate and nuances of green tea Taste: Medium-bodied, fruity, soft tannins, and well balanced with a long, smooth finish. Serving suggestions: Excellent with red meat, [...]

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Dow’s 20 Year Old Tawny Port - Dessert Wine

Nov 8th, 2008 by admin | 0

Dessert, Fortified & Fruit Wine by Dow’s from Portugal. 20 Years indicates and average age - this Aged Tawny Port is a blend of older wines, which offer complexity and younger wines, which bring fresh fruit flavors and vibrancy. During their long maturing period in oak casks, Aged Tawnies undergo subtle color changes: the [...]

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Cockburn 20 year old Tawny - Port Dessert Wine

Aug 30th, 2008 by admin | 0

Dessert, Fortified & Fruit Wine by Cockburn from Portugal. Cockburn’s 20 Years Old Tawny is a blend of older, mature wines aged in cask and then refreshed by the addition of younger wines. The indicated age is the average age of the wines in the blend. These wines exhibit a silky smoothness [...]

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Croft Distinction - Port Dessert Wine

Aug 7th, 2008 by admin | 0

Dessert, Fortified & Fruit Wine by Croft from Portugal. This is a Vintage Character Port which is a blend of Ports which have been aged in wood for four to five years to produce wines of greater complexity than their younger counterparts. A port with attractive, intense fresh fruit aromas and flavours. [...]

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Quinta do Noval 2003 Vintage Port - Dessert Wine

Jul 9th, 2008 by admin | 0

Dessert, Fortified & Fruit Wine by Quinta do Noval from Portugal. What a nose. Ripe fruit, with chocolate, blackberries and raisins. Full-bodied and medium sweet, with velvety tannins. Finish goes on and on. Layered and wonderful. Best after 2014. -Wine Spectator
 

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Fonseca 2001 Vintage Port - Dessert Wine

May 21st, 2008 by admin | 0

Dessert, Fortified & Fruit Wine by Fonseca from Portugal. Fonseca Vintage Ports are renowned for their great fruit richness and voluptuousness, and, while powerful and mouthfilling, for their breed and balance. In the context of each vintage, they combine the tannic dimension and grip which give great port its longevity with the structure and [...]

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