2005 Alves de Sousa Douro Quinta da Gaivosa

Community Tasting Notes (10) Avg Score: 91.7 points

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  2/4/2017 - olioli wrote: 92 Points

  Très beau nez complexe.
  Équilibre en bouche.
  Fruits noir, cuir, petit côté empyreumatique très plaisant.
  Buvabilité++. Acidité+.
  Peut tenir encore quelques années.
  Fondue d'orignal.

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  2/21/2015 - Banzai wrote:

  Full bodied. Black fruits. Fits with strong tasting vegetables like garlic and artichoke

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  11/9/2014 - Banzai wrote:

  Smell: rosted wood, dryed fruits
  Taste: caramel, smoke (similar to whisky), little chocolate
  One of my favorites

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  7/26/2014 - Banzai wrote:

  Needs decanting!
  Lots of tannins without. Sour without decanting, decanted full bodied

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  9/26/2013 - Henman Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Decanted ca 1,5 hours. On the nose quite pleasant dark fruit, sous-bois and a whiff of oak. Medium bodied, soft and supple, delivering beautiful mellow dark fruit with firm and smooth tannins and good acidic structure.
  A hint of funky earth on the finish.Great balance. Wow! A nicely matured wine drinking perfectly now. Drink or hold for a couple of years.

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