Deep golden colour with a warm honey nose. This wine was rich and warm with sultana and honey flavours complimenting the berry flavours. It was more complex than most whites so that the the sweetness was well balanced by an oakey component derived from some ageing in wood. This has become one of my favourites.
If you find yourself in Peso da Régua it is well worth spending some time at Quinta do Castelinho's showrooms at Quinta de São Domingues, which is a short walk to the East from the railway station. I particularly enjoyed the grainy black and white sequences of Barcos Rabelos navigating the Douro in the video presentation.
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