Doug Powers

9.0

This is the third (and last) bottle of 1969 we’ve tried in the past 5 years, and the first starting to show some clear decline, with a green asparagus note that shows on the palate and into the medium-long finish, but still, 55-year-old Ramisco?!?! Wow! — 10 days ago

with Jim

Vin d’Ottawa

9.4

I cannot describe how excited I’ve been for this bottle.

From Portugal’s tiny Colares wine region, this is the famed Ramisco grape, grown in vines in the sands off the coast of Sintra. Back when phylloxera destroyed most of Europe’s grapevines, these survived as the parasite couldn’t make its way in the sands the grapevines grew in. The Portuguese crown then nationalized the wine- unique to Portugal- and used it in diplomacy as a form of soft power.

The wine starts with a roughness that smooths into a beautiful, medium bodied flavour of black cherry and blackberry. Think of a juicy California Pinot Noir that manages the punch of a Rioja.

A wine worthy of its great history.
— 2 months ago

with Gillian

Rufus King

9.1

Smooth Albariño with appetizers at City Table in Hotel Lenox, Boston — 4 months ago

Jane Nuss

9.0

Plum, blackberry, cherry, vanilla, and tobacco on the nose. Earthy. Hint of smoke on the palate. Moderate acidity and smooth tannins.
— 6 days ago

Matthew Doty

8.9

2015 vintage. Nice. A little less dry and peppery than my ideal, but good — 2 months ago

Joe L.

9.5

Dry, subtle, incredibly smooth with little tannins — 4 months ago

Misti Miller

10

Perfect lunch wine. — 6 months ago

Anna Filipovich

8.9

Tart red cherry, earth, black olives — 19 days ago

Jeff Thompson

8.9

2020 with Deb on March 17.2024 — a month ago

Randy Fuller

9.5

This wine has a dark purple color and a complex nose. Aromas of black cherry, violets, anise, clove, leather and earth are plentiful in the bouquet. The palate offers a medium mouthfeel with great acidity and firm tannins. The fruit flavors are carried along by the more savory aspects of the profile. It is a wine which would love a pairing with a steak or a pork chop, or with a meaty stew. — 3 months ago