2009 Quinta do Infantado Douro

Community Tasting Notes (9) Avg Score: 86.6 points

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  6/19/2021 - Madera16 Likes this wine:

  Wonderful and resolved. Excellent qpr.

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  12/27/2015 - joelgo@videotron.ca Likes this wine: 88 Points

  great deep ripe fruits

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  7/24/2015 - Glharv wrote: 88 Points

  PnP. Deep blood-red core, fully opaque; ruby-plum meniscus fading to clear. Bramble, ethyl and licorice nose. Cherry, black tea, bittersweet chocolate palate.

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  4/28/2015 - wormfarmer wrote: 84 Points

  A plummy, pruney, blowsy, unstructured sailor-lady of a wine. We had it with roast chicken and it was not a good pairing. This is a barbecued ribs unthinker.

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  4/6/2015 - RajivAyyangar wrote: 85 Points

  Monday night Blinds at Nopa - Take 3 (Nopa SF): Summary:
  Definitely a bit oxidized. Upon retasting I got a bit more fig. That said, a very nicely-textured and balanced wine. Not the dark liquorice aromatics I recall from the last Douro I had, but pretty solid. Around 8.5
  
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  Full Notes:
  
  Wine 2:
  Served in a standard glass.
  
  Visual
  Red wine.
  Clear, day-bright (seemed exceptionally bright).
  Medium plus ruby (brighter-than-average), with medium plus concentration. A bit of variation to violet at the rim.
  No gas or sediment.
  Medium - viscosity (again, I’m not putting much stock in this).
  
  Nose
  Moderate minus intensity. Clean.
  Dark fruit, purple grapey-ness with faint mushroom savoriness, a hint of bloody tomato. Also hints of animal and spice, faint oxidization.
  No overt wood.
  Moderate complexity.
  Some sign of age, developing.
  
  Palate
  Dry wine. Medium body, medium plus alcohol.
  Dark fruit, mushrooms, earth, savoriness.
  Medium plus acid - it lingers, and you salivate for a while.
  Medium tannins - plush texture.
  Hint of wood influence on the finish - baking spices. French oak?
  This wine is balanced.
  Moderately complex.
  Moderate minus in length finish - mostly fading to tannins.
  
  Initial Conclusions
  This is an Old World style wine, from a moderate to cool climate.
  Age range is 3-8 years (has some age on it).
  Possible Varietals:
  Cab/Merlot (not as much oak influence as I’d expect in Bordeaux).
  Cab Franc (no pyrazines).
  Sangiovese (seems to fit. Maybe a cab-sangio blend?)
  
  Final Conclusions
  This is Sangiovese, from Italy > Tuscany, from the 2009 vintage. [forgot to guess at quality - moderate quality]
  
  Actual:
  2009 Quinta do Infantado Douro
  (Touriga Franca, T. Nacional, Tinta Roriz, et al.)
  Portugal.
  
  Analysis:
  I was doing pretty well. It seems like there is some French oak on it. I feel like I projected the Sangiovese bloody tomato, but the savoriness was there, and I didn’t really hold too fast to it. It was just a light impression, that’s all.
  
  LM noted I was definitely in the ballpark, and got the age right. Also got the moderate-cool climate right.
  
  Information on 2009 Vintage of Quinta do Infantado Douro:
  Vinification
  The grapes were partially destemmed before treading by foot in the traditional lagars, a hallmark of Quinta do Infantado wines. Fermentation is long at Infantado, producing drier wines. Malolactic fermentation took place in tank after which some of the wine was aged in tank and some in oak barrel of various sizes and ages. [Another site listed their Ports as aged in Bdx barriques, so probably French oak.]
  
  Vintage information
  Vintage 2009
  Grape varieties
  30% Touriga Franca
  30% Touriga Nacional
  30% Tinta Roriz
  10% Other red varieties
  Region Cima Corgo, Douro
  Winemaker Fátima Ribas
  Consultant Winemaker Luís Soares Duarte
  Alcohol (ABV) 14%
  Acidity 5.47g/l
  Residual Sugar 2.8g/l
  Wine pH 3.57

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