9/28/2019 - Altino wrote:

Very good wine. Fresh, vibrant and elegant.

3/6/2019 - Altino wrote:

Very good wine! Nice balance acidity-switness / light body w/ 11% alcohol. Best buy in Portugal.

12/13/2018 - Altino wrote:

Very good wine. Fresh and ligth, with a good balance between acidity and sweetness. Enjoyable with some braised seafood.

10/8/2017 - Altino wrote:

Another american syrup. Lots of sugar and alcohol! I am sic of it!!! I prefer more freshness, complexity and elegance.

12/19/2016 - Altino Likes this wine:

Excelent wine. Great bargain in Lisboa airport. A big Alto Douro representant.

12/18/2016 - Altino Likes this wine:

Nice riesling. Freshness, suitness, acidity and aromas matching perfectly.

12/11/2016 - Altino Likes this wine:

Big white wine! Delicious, fresh, rounded, different than others Ganevats (Savagnin is great!!!)

12/11/2016 - Altino Likes this wine:

Big wine. Rich, tannic and powerfull to reach the maturity ahead... (~10 years). 93 pts.

7/17/2016 - Altino Likes this wine:

Great wine. A bordalais blend well done and ready to drink now. But if you are not in a hurry wait some years (4-8) more and drink it at the peak.

1/27/2015 - Altino wrote:

Another boring 'malbecquito', full of extraction fruit. I am sic of this kind of new world wine.

10/25/2014 - Altino wrote:

Boring wine. Dark, viscous, full bodied, very alcoholic, very extracted and concentrated. Not elegant or complex. Just another new world's bomb fruit.

9/29/2014 - Altino wrote:

The best bourgundy style wine of Brazil (I call it of 'brazilian Volnay'). From the vineyards located at the 'Escudo Cristalino Sul Riograndense' - region of Encruzilhada do Sul/RS, the best place to produce red wines in the RGS (low rainnins/humidity and reasonable thermal amplitude).
Light red collor, tipical of the grape; matured red fruits aromas; good balance suitness X acidity; round, elegant and easy to drink. Congratulations Mr Danielle.

9/6/2014 - Altino wrote:

Turbid, smoked aroma, flat, bouchonée.

7/12/2014 - Altino wrote:

Excelente. Vinaço!!! Corpo, estrutura, fruta, acidez e dulçor em perfeito equilibrio. Elegante e no auge da sua maturidade, embora suporte muitos anos a frente. Belo representante da Argentina.

7/10/2014 - Altino wrote:

Great riesling! Good fruit, switness and acidity. Smooth and elegant. Ready to drink but should lasts more than 8-10 years.

5/31/2014 - Altino wrote:

Very good wine. Light, complex, elegant. Good acidity and freshness. Almost an old world style of pinot.

4/26/2014 - Altino wrote:

Very good wine. Perfect balance betwen acidity-sweetness-body. A great representant of the grape.

2/9/2014 - Altino wrote:

Vinho interessante. Diferente. Coloracao amarelada, turvo, com aspecto oleoso não filtrado/clarificado. Aromas a abacaxi (aluá) e pessegos maduros. Na boca, untuoso, de boa acidez e docura marcante, cítrico, com boa persistencia. Foi muito bem com uma moqueca de siri mole.

12/24/2013 - Altino wrote:

Great wine!!! A gift from the enologist Pablo Cuneo. Really a big surprise. Black opaque, black wild fruit at the nose, dense, elegant, rounded, perfect semblance beetween body, tanins, fruit and acidity. It will be last more than ten years ahead but is very difficult to wait so long.

11/2/2013 - Altino wrote:

Excelente vinho. Já evoluído, com quase 30 anos de guarda e apenas 11,5? de alcool. Aromas de favo de mel e especiarias... Elegante, como poucos que são feitos na atualidade. Um belo representante do Douro que encantou meu jantar de aniversário.

10/2/2013 - Altino wrote:

Simple wine. Not expressive one. Tight at nose with hints of white flowers and some citrus touch at the mounth with good acidity. Disapointed considering other wines produced in Provence.

8/10/2013 - Altino wrote:

Muito bom vinho. Lembra um bom bourgogne da Cote de Nuits. Elegante e sedutor, com aromas típicos da casta (groselhas maduras, bala de tuti fruti) e boa presença na boca. Amplo e untuoso, com taninos muito finos e macios, tem uma boa persistencia. Pode evoluir ainda com + tempo de garrafa. Uma bela e grata surpresa da região de Pfalz, SW da Alemanha.

7/7/2013 - Altino wrote:

Unfortunately Declined now after a past of explendor. Closed at aromas, not vibrant anymore, a little bit oxidated... Passed out. I will try another harvest, younger than 2007-2009.

5/6/2013 - Altino wrote:

Belo representante do Douro. Fruta e frescor em harmonia, com taninos vivos a dizer que mais uns 10 ou 20 anos apenas o farão mais elegante. Grande vinho!

4/14/2013 - Altino wrote:

Another great white Rhone wine. After almost 25 years this wine is still alive, firm and seductive, with aromas of almonds, citrics and white flowers. Rounded, smooth and well balanced in acidity and suitness. A great representant of North Rhone.

4/13/2013 - Altino wrote:

Great wine. Aromas of herbs, flowers and white fruits. Good balance between acidity and suitness. Long persistence. Was perfect with shrimps w/ lichia and roasted tuna.

4/14/2013 - Altino wrote:

Great wine. Aromas of herbs, flowers and white fruits. Good balance between acidity and suitness. Long persistence. Was perfect with shrimps w/ lichia and roasted tuna.

3/31/2013 - Altino wrote:

Fresco e agradavel, otima companhia a peixes e frutos do mar. Bem equilibrado, com boa acidez e doçura. Belo representante de Abariño.

3/30/2013 - Altino wrote:

Great wine. Bright old gold yelow, with aromas of flowers, honey, vanila, withe fruits and citrics, perfect balance at mouth, with good minerality and great equilibrium between sugar and acidity. Was fantastic with a langustine and cioba fish w/ alcaparras.

3/9/2013 - Altino wrote:

Bom chard. Nao muito caracteristico da cepa mas bem equilibrado e cativante. Otimo custo/qualidade e vai muito bem com crustáceos e outros bichos do mar.

3/9/2013 - Altino wrote:

Belo vinho. Aos 11 anos mostra-se muito equilibrado e sedutor. Perfeita harmonia entre acidez, doçura, adstringencia (taninos), fruta e alcool. Foi perfeito com um pernil de cordeiro e papardelle idem. Foi o destaque do jantar em meio a cabernets e merlots chilenos.

2/6/2013 - Altino wrote:

Vinhaço! Excelente representante do Douro. Perfeita combinação de acidez, fruta e taninos macios, já bem domados ao longo desses 30 anos. Pena ser a última garrafa. Deixou saudades...

12/6/2012 - Altino wrote:

Great wine. Better in the 2-3 days after the first tasting.

10/6/2012 - Altino wrote:

A little bit passed out. Low acidity and vibration. Passed away.

9/30/2012 - Altino wrote:

Great wine! Goog for meditation or talking with a best friend. Was magnific pairing a roasted leg lamb. Unforgetable.

8/25/2012 - Altino wrote:

Infortunately the bottle was buchonée and the wine totaly contaminated by acetona. Total loss.

8/24/2012 - Altino wrote:

Infortunately the bottle was buchonée and the wine totaly contaminated by acetona. Total loss.

8/6/2012 - Altino wrote:

Very good stuff. Freshnes and elegance together at the bottle. Very expensive in Brazil. But worthwile.

8/5/2012 - Altino wrote:

Good enough but nothing special. I was a little bit disappointed because a had great expectation about this wine.

7/28/2012 - Altino wrote:

This is not a tipical gewurz. But was good enough by the price of R$16, paid here in Brasil. What an expensive country!!!!

7/19/2012 - Altino wrote:

Excelent wine. Superb. Color almost rosée. Aromas of reds fruits (strawberries

7/5/2012 - Altino wrote:

Not really a good Barca. Maybe a regular Reserva Especial Ferreirinha. Nothing else. Was good with a lamb rib roasted and papardelle al sugo. An elderly wine with few years ahead. I prefer other good harvests. Expensive, even if bought in Lisboa (115?) - didn't worthwile. 87 pts.

7/13/2012 - Altino wrote:

Good wine w/ too much alcohol at mouth and needs a little bit freshness (acidity). But was good w/ some lamb chops and pasta al sugo.

6/27/2012 - Altino wrote:

Very good wine. Leather, pepper and smoke meat mixed with violets and red fruits at the nose. Matured. Rounded and freshness at the mouth. Well balanced. Good surprise in Brazil and new world's CF. Old fashion, and european style. Ready to drink now and some 3-5 years ahead.

6/23/2012 - Altino wrote:

Just a regular wine. Nothing else.

6/19/2012 - Altino wrote:

Another chilean bomb fruit. Smooth and rounded but without freshness and acidity. Mediun+ body.

5/28/2012 - Altino wrote:

Passed away. Totaly dead. Unfortunately.

3/17/2012 - Altino wrote:

Muito bom vinho. Excelente custo/ qualidade. Perfeito para harmonizar com peixes e frutos do mar, além de carnes brancas de aves ou mesmo aperitivo. Acidez e docura bem ajustados. Mais um belo branco do fantástico Douro.

3/10/2012 - Altino wrote:

Vinho sofrivel. Desapontador. Fechado ao nariz, com um leve aroma herbáceo. Boca inexpressiva, alcool excessivo, quente, pouca acidez. Frustrante e desmaiado ao final. Nunca mais!

3/9/2012 - Altino wrote:

Very good wine. Great Douro style. Fruits, acidity, suitness and tannins well balanced, with a long finnish.