4/24/2024 - djpo wrote:

Salinity and acidity rounded out with just the right amount of sweetness.

4/21/2024 - djpo wrote:

Medium bodied, well balanced, deep, nuanced strawberry flavors. Both lithe and powerful. Delicious.

10/1/2023 - djpo wrote:

This winery always impresses me. In full bloom now and seems to have at least 3 years in fine form.

3/21/2024 - djpo wrote:

Excellent "Wine 101" example to learn about the individual varietals so common in Portuguese table wine.

3/17/2024 - djpo wrote:

Elegant with a great balance between Touriga National and Roriz, etc. Has considerable aging potential. QPR = OK

4/13/2024 - djpo wrote:

MRGeo's note captures this wine perfectly. A beguiling, very well made wine with an appearance that suggests light weight but is not a light weight wine. A rather remarkable contrast to the usual Zin experience. Buy more and let them develop.

4/13/2024 - djpo wrote:

A fine wine that mostly still delivers. While there are no hints of tannins, the structure is mostly still present. Drink ASAP to enjoy what is left of the wine.

4/13/2024 - djpo wrote:

Past its prime. Undrinkable.

3/27/2024 - djpo wrote:

A great Tejo wine with a note of cinnamon on the nose, followed by a medium bodied, well balanced mix of berries, a bit of minerality, and touches of savory flavors. The touriga nacionale flavors we present but did not overwhelm the more interesting castelao varietal. The Alicante varietal added not only great color, but complexity, and a deep, full finish. Will watch for this wine in the future.

3/9/2024 - djpo wrote:

Medium bodied typical Touriga Nacional blend. Muted nose belies a full flavored wine. Excellent intro to Douro’s magical wines.

3/4/2024 - djpo wrote:

Spectacular wine.

2/7/2024 - djpo wrote:

This wine is in a great place. Rich dark berries, long-ish finish.

2/3/2024 - djpo wrote:

A great food wine.

1/24/2024 - djpo wrote:

Elegant, great nose followed by rich flavors both sweet dark berry, violets, and savory olive, hints of tar. Good for 2-3 more years.

12/28/2023 - djpo wrote:

Spectacular. Wine of the week. Decanted half for two hours; other half slow oxed in the bottle. A very fun taste-off of two very different profiles consistent with BHRH note below for taste profiles. I lean towards the decanted for a more developed deeper flavor profile with interesting mineral notes.

12/1/2023 - djpo wrote:

Flavorful, medium bodied, with some complexity

11/29/2023 - djpo wrote:

A great touriga nacional led wine. Fruity with strong presence. While it opens strong, it calms down and is worthy of savoring and thinking about. Good with almost any food. Best with meat and pasta. (@ cinco sentidos)

11/15/2023 - djpo wrote:

Recent notes describe this well. Great QPR. Great wine.

11/9/2023 - djpo wrote:

A satisfying blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Touriga Nacional. Medium/light body, bright flavors, low (12%) alcohol, short finish.

10/22/2023 - djpo wrote:

Riesling fanatic captured this wine well.

10/18/2023 - djpo wrote:

Bright cherry on open deepens inside medium full bodied gem. Great QPR.

10/15/2023 - djpo wrote:

PNP, wine was approachable from the get go with soft tannins, cassis, gentle red berries, and a fine finish. Drink now for maximum satisfaction.

10/13/2023 - djpo wrote:

While "entry" level this is not entry level flavor, nose, all of that! We PNP'ed the wine and were instantly rewarded with a rich, medium bodied pinot, with a longish, satisfying finish. Wine disappeared fast.

10/13/2023 - djpo wrote:

A remarkable wine. Proving once again Ben’s remarkably facile wine making skills. A delicious wine.

9/5/2023 - djpo wrote:

Cork=fine; Nose of dark berries, smooth tannins, modest acidity, flavors opened up over a couple of hours to nice combo of cherry/dark fruits, mineral, leather, with hint of eucalyptus. The long finish generated great joy. Drink soon.

9/3/2023 - djpo wrote:

Rich, complex, great finish

9/4/2023 - djpo wrote:

PNP - A splendid wine with notes of a blend of berries followed by medium bodied red/blue berries with a welcome zing on top of a medium body. Wine was fairly open at open and added depth and menthol hints. While mature it seemed vigorous for its age. We like a bit of barnyard - so the added hint of barnyard was a plus. Best guess = drink now-18months.

9/1/2023 - djpo wrote:

Amazing balanced wine

8/31/2023 - djpo wrote:

Great,accessible wine on open, opened up to elegant, thought provoking wine over an hour. Would be stupendous with a decant and 2+ hours.

8/21/2023 - djpo wrote:

Bright, tending tart on open, rounded out with a wave a sweet fruit, with a tight finish

8/23/2023 - djpo wrote:

An elegant, full bodied wine.

8/19/2023 - djpo wrote:

Floral, brassy, classy, great complement to food.

7/23/2023 - djpo wrote:

Wine of the day.

7/22/2023 - djpo wrote:

Turley always seems to wine the cali rose' bake offs. Fullest flavor, sweet and sour.

8/4/2023 - djpo wrote:

This wine opens with oak, a bit of cab-like fruit and finishes with oak.

8/3/2023 - djpo wrote:

Floral nose, amazing balance between cassis and soft tannins. Excellent alone, superb with food. Enjoy now or enjoy more over 5-10 years.

7/15/2023 - djpo wrote:

Compelling medium red color and bright flavors that intensify on the palate. Complements red sauce well and finishes gently leaving you thinking what just happened.

7/4/2023 - djpo wrote:

A lot of complexity for the price. Buy again and again.

6/6/2023 - djpo wrote:

Worth the wait. TNs below capture this bottle well.

5/19/2023 - djpo wrote:

An exceptional wine!

5/17/2023 - djpo wrote:

Brings a wonderful cinnamon overtone.

5/3/2023 - djpo wrote:

A fine wine, a good value. Opens with nose of dark fruits, dark cherry. Palate matches adds rich cassis, faint minerality. Wine has distinct barnyard notes that fade as wine opens up. Still fleshy and silky as noted below. Long full finish.

5/5/2023 - djpo wrote:

Catastrophic chemistry. Bitter, acidity, yet sweet and cloying. No finish.

5/5/2023 - djpo wrote:

A half-step up after an insipid big-graphics/hallow-flavored Cali Chard.

4/26/2023 - djpo wrote:

Not much offered at first on the nose at cellar temp. As it come up a bit in temperature the nose and flavors chime in with blue fruit, hints of olive and a bit of cinnamon. Interesting to see what day 2 might bring.

4/8/2023 - djpo wrote:

Lovely, showed classic Williamette Valley flavors in a deep and satisfying nose, taste and finish. All signs point to many more years of great drinking (Now-2030)

4/5/2023 - djpo wrote:

Delicious

3/27/2023 - djpo wrote:

Complex wine with notes of blueberry, hints of strawberry, mineral, graphite. Many years ahead of this wine.

3/24/2023 - djpo wrote:

Great QPR.

2/26/2023 - djpo wrote:

A terrific, elegant, complex wine. Experience best captured by Biilwine note below