2015 Quinta Vale D. Maria Douro Vinha da Francisca

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 95.3 points

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  9/14/2019 - Alexander Smith Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Wow! So much going on, the nose is full of ripe dark blackberries, black cherries, tobacco, smoke, violets, coffee, the palate was serious, full-bodied with elegant tannins, black fruit, dark chocolate, espresso, black pepper and a long elegant finish. If you like Cabernet you will fall in love with this wine. If you are blind-tasted with this wine you will think Californian High-quality Cabernet.

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  9/13/2018 - Alexander Smith Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Was able to see this vineyard from where we were eating lunch at Quinta Vale Dona Maria! This was named after one of Cristiano's daughters and was located on terraces next to their house! The nose had wonderful dark fruit aromas a bouquet of blackberry, dark cherry and violet, this led on to a palate fulll of ripe and delicious dark fruit of blackberry, raspberry, there were notes of baking spices, however the purity of the fruit on this wine was second to none and really showed the beauty of this little terroir on the side of the Douro. The wine had firm but seducing tannins and a fine and elegant finish, this is so young and I will just keep the bottle I have for another 10 years and I know it will only go up 1-2 points from here!

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