Community Tasting Notes 19

• Motz wrote: 92 points

  November 15, 2021 - Beautiful bouquet of purple flowers, fruits, berries, and root vegetables. Juicy and expansive. Seemingly a little to extracted. Stronger bouquet, attack, and middle, than back and finish. Delicious!

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• Grinner wrote: 95 points

  November 6, 2021 - The Nearly Annual Lyon 10 Year Retro Tasting (Lyon's Den): Wow! Winner of the best QPR of this blind tasting! Long, deep, and "sweet" (glycerin) with blackberry, stone, mocha, and herby/flower notes. 94 on day 2. Now-2030

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• Sidney M Likes this wine: 90 points

  August 29, 2021 - Nice wine in its prime. Round tannins - still fresh with fruit.

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• srh Likes this wine:

  February 22, 2021 - Cf. the CellarTracker Article link [lower lft] to get specific info for this vintage, including acclaim.
  
  ≈45 min decant into a plastic, cylindrical pitcher which was then capped; LOTS of sediment noted; Private Preserve after Day 1
  
  N: Fairly fragrant berries, an earthiness, with an attractive herbal/pyrazine type of component coming forward
  
  P: LM body; NICE, almost swtish frt met by an astringent pucker which stays within hailing distance of the init frt as it seamlessly evolves into a quite LONG, beautifully balanced finish with a tangy swtness to the FEW, very, VERY fine tannins. Went reasonably well with the night's Grn Bean Stew/Sausage/Beef [HmMd], better with the Empanadas (Goya) side.
  
  // Day 2: ≈aromas, < intense, with an added coffee/dk choc component; P has lost some frt, this being > problematic alone than with the night's Smkd BBQ Pulled Pk Butt, with which it went well.
  
  // ∑: 14.5% ABV; My EXC (92,93/100 using that metric), & I'd entertain an argument for EXC+ for QPR *if* obtained for < $20. While I suspect this will hold into '23, I'd NOT expect further improvement.

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• ChateauDutremble Likes this wine: 91 points

  February 20, 2021 - Encore fermé...fruits noirs et encre. Les tannins sont encore bien présent malgré avoir été mis en carafe près de 2 heures. Corsé et dense, charnu et ample...umami. Très longue finale sur le fruit noir. Solide ! Donné lui encore 3-5 ans. 91+

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2011
• Type Red
• Producer Ramos Pinto
• Varietal Red Blend
• Designation Duas Quintas Reserva
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Portugal
• Region Douro
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• Appellation Douro
• UPC Code 5601332007177

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• In Cellars 121 (42%)
• Consumed 168 (58%)

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