2005 Viuva José Gomes da Silva & Filhos Colares Reserva Tinto

Community Tasting Notes (11) Avg Score: 91.6 points

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  12/9/2023 - Keith Levenberg Likes this wine:

  This was super-seductive when it came out and nothing like the conventional wisdom that has Colares as very structured, strict wines. It's not as seductive now but much closer to the CW. The fruit is pale, red-complexioned, with a dusty veneer like taking a mouthful of friable red clay. The tannins start out clenched and grippy but relax themselves with some time. Much of the intrigue right now is in the aromatics, which are totally outside the fruit (or wine) realm and aren't even earthy but evoking more than anything else an array of enticing savory and spicy scents you might catch wafting from a busy kitchen.

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  11/6/2021 - gbanks wrote:

  Good job me, in following my own advice and forgetting about this for years. I'm going to assume that my previous bottle was flawed because this is really nice. Yofog says nebbiolo and I suppose I could see that particularly alto-piedmonte. I'd point more towards a mild-year Beaune 1er, though with quite some additional sneaky fine dolcetto-esque tannin that's still quite grippy.
  
  Raspberry, cherry pipe tobacco, seaspray on the nose. Moderate/high acid is quite refreshing and perfectly balances that aforementioned tannin, leading to a finish of quince, maybe (to be stereotypical) linguisa, perhaps some beach pine. Long and moreish with just a touch of funk. This is very good.

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  4/17/2021 - vagrantone Likes this wine: 93 Points

  First of 7 bottles, 500 ml!
  First time tasting Colares in about 30 years...
  This took me right back to the bottles from the mid-sixties that we enjoyed back then.
  Decanted two hours prior to serving as I familiar with the tannin structure of these Ramisco wines.
  Inky, deep, brooding wine loaded with dark fruit, earthy and spicy aromas. Combined impressive structure with elegance and class.
  This wine is clearly on the wilder side with its raw power. Tasted next to an aged Cote Rotie which made for fascinating comparisons.
  This Colares will easily go another 10-15+ years

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  1/7/2015 - AV2012 wrote: 87 Points

  Colares and Carcavelos tasting: After all the younger vintages, this seemed very classic and even vinuous. Ripe cherries, comparatively rich nose, juicy black chokeberry. High accidity, even pungent, dry but round finish. I wonder if it has all the characteristics of Colares and could be picked as such in a blind tasting.

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  3/15/2014 - Chomsky wrote:

  Absurdly delicious wine, Nebbiolo-like in profile but with a deep gravelly and slightly saline character all its own; there's also a faint smokiness that recalls the more elegant wines of the Northern Rhone. Overall, it's akin to some wines from Etna that I have had in the cool character of the fruit, balance of tannins and acid, and a slight orange peel note that colors the overall flavor impression. Clear, fresh, compelling, this beautiful wine has it all. Absolutely stunning.

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