2016 Herdade do Esporão Esporão Reserva Branco

Community Tasting Notes (14) Avg Score: 89.1 points

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  7/19/2019 - Gianni13 wrote: 89 Points

  Much more interesting than when initial purchased. Should be good for a few more years.

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  5/15/2019 - Ecb1456 Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Crisp with pears and melon. Warms to a little green apple. Dry finish. Complements fish to perfection.

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  1/9/2019 - fredfta Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Clássico alentejano produzido com Antão Vaz, Arinto e Roupeiro e amadurecido por 6m em barricas francesas e americanas.
  
  Visual amarelo claro com matizes douradas. Aromas de frutas brancas e tropicais, casca de laranja, notas lácteas e amadeiradas. No palato é um vinho envolvente, untuoso, de textura aveludada. Acidez gastronômica e final longo, redondo e guloso.
  
  Consistente safra após safra, esse alentejano jamais decepciona.

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  1/4/2019 - forceberry wrote: 89 Points

  A blend of Antão Vaz, Arinto and Roupeiro. Short pre-fermentation skin contact. Fermented and aged for 6 months in a combination of stainless steel and new French and American oak barrels. Bottled in May 2017. 13,5% alcohol, 1,8 g/l residual sugar, 6,0 g/l acidity. pH 3,15.
  
  Rather neutral, lipid pale green color. Rather dry and restrained nose with aromas of mealy red apples, some bread crust, a little bit of dried Mediterranean herbs and a hint of mango. The wine is full-bodied, dry and balanced on the palate with bright flavors of creamy oak, ripe peachy fruit, some sweet toasty wood tones, a little bit of passion fruit, light mineral notes of chalky bitterness and a hint of floral complexity. The finish is juicy and moderately long with flavors of creaminess, some passion fruit, a little bit of mango and pineapple, light toasted oak notes, a sharp hint of Granny Smith apple and a mineral touch of chalky bitterness.
  
  A nice and sophisticated vintage of Esporão Reserva Branco showing some restraint. The nose here might be even a bit too restrained, coming across somewhat closed and lacking the typical intensity and complexity of Reserva Branco, but on the palate the wine is wonderfully poised and harmonious. In a vertical of Esporão Branco Reserva 2017-2009 this wine felt noticeably less ripe and weighty than the surrounding vintages 2017 and 2015, which translated to both less intensity and complexity, but also better freshness and drinkability. All in all, a nice effort, but ultimately nothing too memorable - at least this young. Might become more interesting with some age.

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  1/4/2019 - Lype Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Herbal notes, artificial sweeteners, light fruitiness, bread, offers less flavours than -17 or -15.

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