2008 Antonio Bernardino Paulo da Silva Vinho Regional Lisboa Casal da Azenha Branco

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  3/24/2017 - Oh Dae-su wrote: 91 Points

  Nachdem ich mir heute Nachmittag den Magen mit ner Currywurst so richtig versaut habe ;-), kommt der gerade richtig! Wenn ich mich richtig erinnere ein Verschnitt aus Arinto, Bical und Malvasia. Herkunft: Colares am/fast im ;-) Atlantik.
  
  Insgesamt wunderbar herb, straff (auch streng), sehr frisch, überaus ernst, sehr mineralisch und sehr sehr salzig (in dem Fall mal wirklich ;-) ). Leider weiss ich nicht aus welchem Jahrgang bzw, Jahrgängen dieser besteht. Wirkt auf mich etwas mehr vom reifen Holz geprägt als andere. Vielleicht auch reine Einbildung. Toll! Schade das diese Region Portugals nicht so viel Beachtung findet.

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  3/22/2015 - Oh Dae-su wrote: 91 Points

  My visual impression could be summed up as: sun-dyed straw yellow reflexes with a minor green'ish sparkles, hardly any particles and beautifully clear transparency. At first the nose seemed either highly shy or simple too preoccupied with typical preteen allures. Concise: there not much to sniff. About an hour later filigree fragrances of guava, mild cantaloupe, mashed red apples, semi sun-dyed green meadow grass, rustic sea salt, assorted green herbs (mainly nettles and yarrow), green bananas and as the hours went by more mild indications of mild scenty of nutty oxidation plus a few drops of the often mentioned and never explained - I won't do it either - cat pee. In the focus of my palate were those already mentioned almost overwhlemingly powerful and cheek pinching mineral characteristics. They were rough, stern, not too beefy, really subtle, slightly devious (in a positively challenging sense) and overall dominating. I was like a salty grip of the Atlantic Ocean. It was intriguing, wild, stormy and uncannyly appealing at the same time. I don't really know how to explain it properly. Surely it was still quite a bit harshly phenolic and definitely not straightforwardly likeable. But there was and will be – for a very long time – a unique dense character to this one. Its actual fruit flavours seemed highly fresh, very filigree and well in place. There were flavours of Williams pear – without the excessive alcohol, very fresh cantaloupe, guava, plenty of grassland – again a bit sun-dyed, relatively mild green herbs, a few ideas of still a bit green hazelnuts, hints of petrol and subtle as well as slightly lactic seeming creaminess. Hell, I really enjoyed this stuff! It was surprisingly airy, strikingly young (without being obtrusive) and wonderfully complicated. Just the way I love it! For sure very very decent or even more! I am not really sure how to rate this. It is simply too unusual. I just loved it – having written that, I am pretty sure many people will not consider this one as a treat! It was, is and will be a pretty demanding fellow!
  
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