Community Tasting Notes 9

• belfast taxman wrote: 86 points

  October 27, 2013 - Decent but rather ordinary wine - unusually plummy for a Douro

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• belfast taxman wrote: 87 points

  January 21, 2013 - Fruity but a bit one dimensional lacking any firmness from tannins or freshness from acidity

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• NickBurwood Likes this wine: 86 points

  January 14, 2013 - PnP.
  Full bodied rich fruit aromas; dates, blackcurrant. Dark and brooding garnet in glass.
  Flavour reminiscent of quality LBV port with (some of) the sweetness substituted with maquis herbs, mint and with a full tannic grip.
  Hardly subtle or refined but nonetheless pleasurable, extremely well made full bodied red for your red meats and strong cheeses. A permanent standby in my cellar.
  I tend to drink up within 6-7 years of vintage to let this wine show at full power.

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• B-1 Pilot Likes this wine: 88 points

  October 18, 2012 - Dark Purple Color... vibrant nose that smells like Clove, and Black Pepper. It tastes like Blackberry, Red Currant, Black Pepper, Pomegranate, Cherry, and Coffee. Good drinker now with cigars or spicy food, but could benefit from some addition lay down time.

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• wino_tim wrote: 90 points

  June 14, 2012 - Inky black in color, enticing, with an extraordinarily forward, almost Syrah-like nose full of black fruit, tar, peppercorn, and bay leaf. Full bodied on the palate, round, rich, with lots of sweet, almost jammy fruit balanced by ripe tannin and good acid.

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• Vintage 2008
• Type Red
• Producer Churchill/Graham
• Varietal Red Blend
• Designation Churchill's Estates
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Portugal
• Region Douro
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation Douro

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• In Cellars 6 (8%)
• Consumed 72 (92%)

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