Mendes & Symington

Symington Family Estates

Warre's Vintage Porto 1983

Matt Austin
9.0

From .375. Nice but getting a little muddled and wouldn’t age any further. — 3 days ago

Anselmo Mendes

Contacto Monção & Melgaço Alvarinho 2024

Fresh peach, grapefruit, and apple! Great wine with food — 3 months ago

Symington Family Estates

Quinta do Vesuvio Porto 1996

Opened for my 80th birthday. Following the delicious dinner and wines, we needed a bottle of port with the cake and other sweets. Mature but so fresh for its age, this port did not disappoint, it was yummy. And by the end of the evening, no wine and no port leftovers, ha, ha. — 6 months ago

Anselmo Mendes

Parcela Única Alvarinho 2021

Pretty complex, but of texture and length while still being very crisp and fresh — 9 months ago

Symington Family Estates

Comboio do Vesuvio Unoaked Douro Red Blend 2022

Nice natural honest style. Transparant. Ripe korrelige fijne tannines. Doet iets denken aan een cote rotie, rijp, zongebakken, zonder gestoofd te zijn. Met frecheur. — a year ago

Anselmo Mendes

Muros Antigos Loureiro 2023

Citrus, refreshing and clean. — 2 years ago

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Symington Family Estates

Cockburns Late Bottled Vintage Porto Port Blend 2016

Late Bottled Vintage 2016 | after dinner with cheese | I like Cockburns LBV because of its cherriefruit. — 4 years ago

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Doug Powers

Doug Powers

@Peter van den Besselaar, the recent run of fine vintages in the Douro, even if all aren’t declared, seem to make LBV Portos maybe the greatest bargain since “sliced bread”, no???

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Quinta da Ponte Pedrinha Dão Red Blend 2018

Dense purple color, dark fruits, quite structured/tannic, needs further cellaring (3-5 years?), long finish, very good!! — a month ago

Jim Powers
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Tom Casagrande

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I’ve ordered one of these. I won’t get it till fall though.
Doug Powers

Doug Powers

@Tom Casagrande, it’ll be fine still in the fall.

Symington Family Estates

Altano Douro White Blend 2021

K L
8.9

Gary’s wine. Good but fruitier. Likely because of what we were drinking before. Worth trying this cheaper red again maybe. — 9 months ago

Matt Dill
with Matt

Symington Family Estates

Vale do Bomfim Douro Vinho Tinto 2020

Lovely bouquet. Dark stone fruit, like black plum. A little acidic, fruity, and medium tannins. Love it! — 2 years ago

Kaito Kikuchi
with Kaito

Symington Family Estates

Florao Quinta da Fonte Souto Branco 2021

2021 vintage. Quinta da Fonte Souto is the first project from the Symingtons outside the Douro region. A 207 hectares estate with a around 45 hectares od vineyards in a cooler climate ( 500 m alitude) than the Alentejo plains. Florão is the entry level. This 2021 is a blend of Arinto ( 80%) and Verdelho ( 20%). Attractive nose with fresh ripe pineapple, flowers and a hint of fresh mint. Crisp and juicy. Very good value. — 3 years ago

Quinta do Vesuvio (Symington)

Vintage Porto Port Blend 1991

[8-hour decant] Ripe, rich, very youthful still, with a noticeable tannic backbone, but also shows a sweet palate (think Graham’s/Fonseca, though the Symington family owns Graham’s, Dow’s, Warre’s and Cockburn’s, among others??), this should easily evolve/improve another 10-20 years, very long finish, outstanding vintage Porto, super long finish!! — 6 months ago

Jim Powers
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Symington Family Estates

Quinta Do Ataíde Altano Douro Red Blend 2017

Smooth and delicious. Dark and flavorful, well balanced overall. Lots of grit at the end of the bottle. Worked well with biscuits and sausage southern meal. — 9 months ago

Tim Schroeder
with Tim

Symington Family Estates

Pombal do Vesuvio Quinta Do Vesuvio Touriga Nacional Blend 2023

Taninos leves c/ intensidade na boca final. Light, mas muito bom c/ Steak Tartare — 10 months ago

Symington Family Estates

Altano Naturalmente Douro Red Blend 2021

Tart black raspberry and blackberry, light on the palate with tart fruit acidity.
Mulling spices added.... Keeps the black fruit flavors but makes it more like a cooked berry cobbler. Yum!!
— 2 years ago

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Symington Family Estates

Portalegre Quinta da Fonte Souto Tinto 2019

45% Alicante Bouchet—oooh, a teinturier—plus 30% Syrah (which makes its presence known in smoky, meaty notes) and 25% Alfrocheiro. Hearty wine, textured without being, say, thick. There’s a bit of raisination on the nose countered by salinity, a little licorice and a lot of smoked meat. On the palate, it keeps on with that contrast being heady but also vibrant. There’s some silky chocolate vibes underneath it all. A delight for dinner, but you can sip it solo if you so choose. — 3 years ago

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Anselmo Mendes

Pardusco Vinho Verde Alvarelhão 2019

Nice summer red - Vinho verde (didn’t even know this existed) — 4 years ago