Christine Susek Robinson

9.0

Surprisingly smooth! Fruity, definitely good on a Pizza Friday night. — 11 days ago

Lauren Young

9.0

Smooth and sweet, toffee — 5 days ago

Loren Gesinsky

9.1

Only 12% abv — a month ago

DC Radisson

8.9

🇵🇹 A red blend of Shiraz 🍇 and Touriga from Portugal. Full body, very smooth with taste of dark fruit such as blackberry with an edge of vanilla to make it soft to the palate. I would be sharing this good wine 🍷with roast lamb 🐑 and the trimming that comes with it. 13.5 % ABV — 3 months ago

Stefan Dolhain

9.5

2007 colheita, bottled in 2022. You can't go wrong with Dirk Niepoort's colheitas and this freshly bottled 2007 is a beauty. Niepoort colheitas are typically bottled after minimum 10 years in barrel (the legal minimum being 7 years) and the first bottling for this 2007 took place in March 2018. While they won't go bad in bottle, you might as well get them as fresh as possible. Brilliant tawny colour. Wonderful aromatics with candied fruits, orange peel, salted caramel and coffee. In the mouth it is amazingly fresh, with bright acidity balancing the dried figs and plums and the refined tannic backbone. Impressively long finish with candied orange, dark chocolate and coffee. A beautiful meditation wine and exceptional value. Abv. 18,9%. — 18 days ago

Loren Gesinsky

9.1

100-year old vines on limestone — a month ago

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9.2

The Madeira Charleston Sercial Special Reserve is a light-bodied, floral Maderia. Dried flowers, mint, cinnamon, pine, cedar and mint are nicely delineated. Vineyards at elevation yield grapes that are harvested late at relatively lower sugars, yielding a Madeira that is especially dry. There’s good complexity here. The Sercial is a fine choice for readers who appreciate the drier style of Madeira. L22136. (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, December 2022)
— 2 months ago

Stefan Dolhain

9.4

2016 vintage. Dirk Niepoort's answer to Burgundy and it actually has a Pinot Noir like colour and mouthfeel. This is a very unusual Douro from very old vines. Delicate nose with sour cherries , pomegranate and flowers. It is all about finesse and subtlety. Very long. Delicious and expensive (80 euros), but if you see the prices of Portuguese high end wines these days it almost seems a bargain. — 18 days ago

Anthony Mazzola

10

Jewel like, light body, so beautiful — a month ago

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9.3

The Madeira Boston Bual Special Reserve is one of the richest and most potent of the Madeiras in the Rare Wine Co.’s Historic Series. A dark, brooding Madeira, the Boston Bual is packed with dark macerated cherry, mocha, spice, worn-in leather, tobacco and dried herbs. It’s a beautiful Madeira to drink at the end of a meal with cheese or bittersweet chocolate, which seems like the most obvious choice. This is an especially large-scaled, dramatic Madeira. L22203. (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, December 2022)
— 2 months ago