2005 Wine & Soul Douro Pintas

Community Tasting Notes (16) Avg Score: 92.9 points

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  10/28/2020 - andrewstevenson.com wrote: 93 Points

  Deep, very dark ruby which has lost the flushes of youth, but is hardly looking especially mature.
  Big, rich, full, gently perfumed nose with blackberry, raspberry, chocolate, leather and tar.
  Massive, full attack. Lots of ripe black fruit, and a leathery velvety texture that doesn't just coat the mouth, but sits there brooding and doing its best to overpower the taste buds. Hugely complex. Hefty tannins still. Very long with cherry and chocolate flavours persisting for ages.

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  7/25/2018 - hsacks Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Similar to the 11/17/16 bottle.

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  5/18/2017 - andrewstevenson.com wrote: 93 Points

  A remarkably long cork!
  Deep, fairly youtfhul dark blackberry purple.
  Rather closed, brooding nose. Sweet, perfumed blackberry and plum, with touches of raspberry, violet, rose and chocolate. On the nose, I don't think I'd have guessed this was from the Douro.
  Very rich and lusciously textured. Sweet, yet also very fresh black fruit on the palate. Very, very well balanced, and carries its 14% alcohol well. Big wide, soft tannins fill the mouth, yet there's also a very silky, concentrated mouthfeel. Very plush and rich feeling.
  The intense flavours last long after, slowly developing a chocolate and cherry note.
  Much less portlike than most Douro reds.
  This has at least a decade ahead of it.

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  11/17/2016 - hsacks Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Though now in its sweet spot of maturity, similar descriptives as the 9/12/09 bottle.

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  11/27/2015 - BuzzzzOff Likes this wine: 93 Points

  We visited one of our favourite French restaurants outside of France - Michelin Two Star The Tasting Room - in Macau with rockstar Chef Guillame Galliot. Chef Guillame never allows us to see the menu and designs and perfectly cooks a four course meal for us every time! Exceptional!
  
  We decided to go off the ranch, so to speak, and sip a Portuguese, rather than expensive Bordeaux, wine. Sommelier Mathieu recommended this most excellent drop...thanks!
  
  Dark purple red on the eye...did you say "opaque"? Mysteriously inviting. Mathieu suggested, and we agreed, that decanting was in order given the fairly short time window to sip. Aromas of dark cherries, coffee and chocolate...warm o the nose. Palate of dark fruits, massive tannins and great balance. Long finish that went well with the 30 months Comte. Excellent!

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