Ray Vanderhoff

9.2

80% Baga with 20% Touriga National blended in. Only made in select vintages. Dark ruby color throughout. Bright and concentrated red fruit notes on both the nose and palate. Hints of red flowers, baking spices, minerals, garrigue and tobacco. Extremely long finish. Beautiful balance even at 18 years of age. Acidity and tannins have harmonized beautifully. Fresh tasting and still quite powerful. I do not understand why the Baga grape has such a poor reputation. Every Quinta de Foz de Arouce wine made from this grape that I have had the pleasure of tasting has been exceptional. — 10 months ago

Ray Vanderhoff

9.1

Interesting red blend that features the Baga (85%) grape. Blended with Touriga National (15%). Very dark color but lighter in body than I would have expected. Bright and jammy red fruit aromas and flavors with hints of prunes and dark chocolate. Solid acidity and very long finish. Moderate finish and tannins. In a very good place right now. Thanks for sharing and insisting we open this one, Ron B! — 3 years ago

Roman Ochocki

9.2

So, today USA celebrating National Drink Wine Day. I don't live there, but I think it's a very fine holiday. :) So... This wine is very good, very interesting. Medium acidity, smooth tannins. A black currant, licorice, pepper (finish) and maybe herbs (a nutmeg or it's just my imagination). — 3 years ago

Ely Cohn

8.9

Smokey clean lemon slate and lime leaf with acid you can smell. Bone dry refreshing as hell and the right down the middle.

Riesling to drink when National Riesling Day falls on a Monday. — a year ago

Teresa Stepp

9.1

National wine day at Tuscan Market — 3 years ago

with Kristina

Ray Vanderhoff

9.0

This vintage is a blend. Touriga National (68%), Gamay (16%), Cab Franc (11%) and Grenache (5%). Light salmon color and medium body. Aromas of peach, melon and strawberry. Similar fruits (fresh) on the pallet with a hint of mineral, dried herbs and saline. Nicely savory but I enjoyed previous vintages better. — 3 years ago

Brenda Terzich-Garland

9.5

Another favorite on mine! Color - a purplish red magenta. Nose - Blue fruit, crushed rock and vanilla burst in scent from the glass—a stewed meat, spice, cedar menthol lingers. Taste - dark blueberry fruit with a dark tart cherry following. A silky feel as it coats the mouth—cream brûlée notes float giving the wine a subtle sweetness. At the mid-pallet pepper dry herbs and cedar-spice give it a long dry finish. A great evening to celebrate national wine and cheese day—yum yum. — 4 years ago

with Karin and Jill

Rich Bluth

8.9

3 grape blend. Touriga Franca, Touriga National and Tinta Roriz…dry and medium body — 2 years ago

Daron Watson

9.5

Vintage Lambic “which has matured for three years in oakwood barrels and has been selected for its exceptional colour, taste and flavour.”
“Powerful yet elegant, Bruocsella can be considered the missing link between the worlds of wine and beer. Since there is no secondary fermentation in the bottle Bruocsella is a flat, non-sparkling beer.”
“This aristocratic beer is to our national beer patrimony what Mouton-Rotschild, Petrus or Romanée-Conti are to the wines.”

apples, dried apricot, candied ginger, honey, soft cheese rind

addition of artisanal bread, cantaloupe, apricot marmalade ~ ricola

gritty woody breadth w an intense sour acidic mid palate lift
— 2 years ago

Matthew Bull

9.1

I must have got the best bottle of the batch. Glorious. Went down singing the national anthem. — 3 years ago