Quinta do Bomfim, Pinhão

Tasted Saturday, June 10, 2023 by Motz with 52 views

Introduction

The only high-level house that advertised the exact wines it would pour in its Premium Vintage Port tasting. This technique caught my attention, as did the wines.

Flight 1 (5 Notes)

  • 2010 Dow Porto Vintage Quinta do Bomfim 93 Points

    Portugal, Douro, Porto

    Young, bold, and lush! Appealingly balanced perfume of thick petal flowers, purple berries, dark chocolate ganache, blueberry liqueur, sweet herbs, pipe tobacco, and mineral ores. Light secondary notes of sous-bois and spice box.

    Excellent poise and range! Medium plus acid, backed by velour-like tannic substance throughout. The wine builds from attack through finish.

    Likely to continue evolving for no less than five to seven years, and hold form for a three to five years thereafter.

    A fine pacesetter for the more highly regarded wines of this flight.

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  • 1994 Dow Porto Vintage 95 Points

    Portugal, Douro, Porto

    More secondary than primary, with some tertiary elements. Dark chocolate (in all forms), carob, baking spices, liqueurs, coniferous forest floor, mushroom, mint, wintergreen, sweet pipe tobacco, and dusty loam.

    Compelling poise and smoothness. The wine tastes like it smells. It packs medium plus acid and powdery tannins, which make their bracing presence known at the back and throughout the long finish.

    Likely to enter peak form in three to five years. The wine's overall presentation indicates that it has twelve to fifteen years of life ahead. A treat! 95-96.

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  • 1995 Quinta do Vesuvio Porto Vintage 96 Points

    Portugal, Douro, Porto

    A wine of the mineral ore earth! Bouquet of berry liqueurs, spice box, drying tobacco, lit cigar, deciduous and coniferous sous-bois, dark honeys, savory and sweet herbs, cracked peppercorns, coal, ash, and metallic ores. Less sweet perfume than the 1994 Dow.

    Veins of sappiness, pepper, spice, tobacco, and minerals run in parallel, from the attack through the finish. Striking definition and precision, seemingly more so than the Dow. The wine also shows a certain aridity and lightness.

    Very different from the Dow. My preference ran to this over that wine. It might also be longer lived. Seemingly, five to seven years from full maturity, without any particular hurry thereafter. 95-96.

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  • 2000 Graham Porto Vintage 95 Points

    Portugal, Douro, Porto

    The most feminine and polished of the flight.

    The perfume conveys an essence of balanced sweetness. Red and purple flowers and berries, coco powder, carob, baking spices, berry liqueur, potpourri, and black rock minerality. Probably the prettiest bouquet, if not the most intriguing.

    Sensual! The wine graces the entire palate, with seductive textures and intriguing nuance. Quite velvety. The elegant back and finish do not deliver the same intensity and the Dow or the Vesuvio.

    This bottle had fifteen or more years of evolution and life. Improvement seems possible. 95-96.

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  • NV Dow Porto 30 Year Old Tawny 93 Points

    Portugal, Douro, Porto

    My Port preference runs to vintage and LBV, over other styles.

    This ranks among the most elegant Tawny that I have crossed paths with. Definitively smooth and singularly balanced. Compact and poised, seamless, and very long. A delightful offering with which to close out a fine experience at Quinta do Bomfim.

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Closing

A memorable experience. The stylistic differences between the declared vintage Dow and the single quinta Vesuvio remain the highlight.

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