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• forceberry wrote: 93 points

  November 2, 2021 - 11% alcohol. Tasted blind.
  
  Moderately dark and somewhat translucent black cherry color that isn't young anymore, nor particularly aged, either. Somewhat restrained and pleasantly evolved nose that isn't that open, yet feels very attractive with its fine-tuned, slightly sweet yet rather cold aromas of crunchy red berries, some old leather, a little bit of dried red cherry, light earthy notes, a hint of ripe dark forest fruits and a touch of sappy herbal spice. The wine is dry, firm and savory on the palate with a somewhat delicate medium body and cool, focused flavors of tart lingonberries, some fresh redcurrant and blackcurrant tones, a little bit of ferrous blood, light old leather notes, a hint of sour cherry bitterness and a touch of tangy salinity. The bright, racy acidity lends almost electric intensity to the wine, whereas the rather grippy yet not aggressive tannins lend good sense of firmness and structure to the palate. The finish is tart, dry and rather grippy with intense flavors of crunchy lingonberries, some sour cherry bitterness, a little bit of old, dry leather, light ferrous notes of blood, a hint of fresh redcurrant and a touch of tangy salinity.
  
  A beautiful, fine-tuned and pleasantly evolved Colares that is - typical of the style - still surprisingly youthful for its age. The wine does show some aged qualities, but as the wines seem to be nigh indestructible and even bottles from the 1930's and 1940's come across as decades younger than they truly are, it's not a surprise this wine didn't feel like a wine clocking in at 38 years of age - instead people's guesses were in the ballpark of 15-20 years. It was really difficult to pinpoint the wine to Portugal, as Ramisco makes wines that are not particularly similar to contemporary Portuguese reds, typically light in body, high in acidity, noticeably low in alcohol and exhibiting more tart and crunchy red berry flavors than juicy, dark fruits. Finally somebody managed to guess Portugal and relatively quickly we ended up in Colares. Darn fine stuff, as always. This vintage will - in all likelihood - continue to improve for another decade or so, and keep just fine for another half a century.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1983
• Type Red
• Producer Antonio Bernardino Paulo da Silva
• Varietal Ramisco
• Designation Chitas Reserva Velho
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Portugal
• Region Lisboa
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation Colares

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• Consumed 5 (38%)

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