Portugal

Dow's

Vintage Porto 1994

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Dark ruby in color with a reddish rim.

Full bodied with high acidity to balance the sugars.

Sweet on the palate with nice complexity.

Showing blackberries, black currants, cooked raisins, cedar, spices, vanilla, licorice, chocolates, tobacco, mocha, light earth and herbs.

Long finish with cherries.

This is a gorgeous sweet wine from Portugal. Rich with great balance and a soft mouthfeel.

The 1994 vintage was an exceptional vintage, so I was very excited to try it when I saw it on the wine list.

Smells very young, although it smelled a little oxidized right out of the bottle, which went away after 20 minutes of airtime.

Drinking beautifully now, and will continue to age nicely in the next 20 years.

Good by itself or with food. I paired it with a Fourme d'Ambert blue cheese. So nicely paired, tasty and decadent.

A great experience to try these kind of wines from special vintages.

20% alcohol by volume.

95 points.

$85.
— 11 days ago

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Casa Santos Lima

Reserva Confidencial Red Blend 2017

Deep ruby color.
Aromas of baked blueberry, vanilla.
Dry. Flavors of blueberry compote, vanilla, hint lof licorice.

Intensity: 4/5
Complexity: 2/5
Balance: 4/5
Finish: 4/5
— 25 days ago

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Taylor Fladgate

10 Year Old Tawny Porto Blend

This is a nice sweet wine from Portugal.

Ruby in color with a wide reddish rim.

Sweet on the palate with high acidity.

Medium bodied with nice complexity.

Showing red currants, cherries, black coffee, earth, chocolates, oak, alcohol, vanilla, licorice, spices, cigar box and limes on the finish.

Good by itself as a dessert. Nice to sip on after dinner.

20% alcohol by volume.

90 points.
— 22 days ago

Iwan, Severn and 11 others liked this

W. & J. Graham's

Aged 10 Years Tawny Port Blend 1596

10 years | Fine and reliable — 10 days ago

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Reserva Alentejo Antão Vaz Blend

This is a nice wine. Thick, full flavored but not any overpowering note. It’s my last night drinking until MDW as I’m entering a very low carb diet. Yes, I know you can drink wine while losing weight, but I’m going to take a pause just to show I can. Drank it while I said good bye for now to spaghetti too. Ta ta for now! Xo — a month ago

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Colossal Reserva Syrah Blend

Really enjoyed this one tonight. Super dark in the glass. Lots of dark red fruits and some licorice. Somewhat sweet due to the dark fruits and lightly tannic. Plan to buy this one again for sure! — 19 days ago

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Kopke

Colheita Porto Port Blend 2011

Always awesome! Drank over the last year. I think these need like 30+ years of age for prime drinking. The ‘78 is still the best vintage I had by far. — 21 days ago

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Severn Goodwin

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Nice, I have the '75 in the cellar.

Soalheiro

Monção e Melgaço Alvarinho 2021

When in Lisbon... No notes, small restaurant with the mates... Good wine for good times — 16 days ago

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