Barros LBV 2011
Deep ruby colour with a light fruit nose. Young tannins were predominating over fruit flavours suggesting that this might have benefited from a little more time before being bottled.
Thursday, 6 October 2016
Quinta do Noval LBV 2011
Quinta do Noval LBV 2011
Deep ruby colour with a grapey nose. Sweet and redolent with fresh grape flavours and a complex tannic body.
Deep ruby colour with a grapey nose. Sweet and redolent with fresh grape flavours and a complex tannic body.
Kopke LBV 2012
Kopke LBV 2012
Deep inky ruby colour with
a fruity nose. Fat plummy mouthful with soft tannins emerging in the
aftertaste.
Wednesday, 5 October 2016
Kopke Colheita 1937 Bottled 2016
Kopke Colheita 1937 Bottled
2016
Amber with a brown tinge.
Light oaky nose. Rich, sweet and complex with the various elements
harmoniously combined. Dark oak flavours predominating over hints of
citrus fruits.
Kopke Colheita 1978 Bottled 2016
Kopke Colheita 1978 Bottled
2016
Amber with a brown tinge.
Rich molasses on the nose. Sweet and complex with bitter oak flavours
overlaying coffee, citrus and caramel tastes. It starts off elegant
and then produced developing complexity in the aftertaste.
Kopke White Colheita 2003 Bottled 2016
Kopke White Colheita 2003
Bottled 2016
Pale gold colour with a
nose of fresh sawn timber. Sweet fruity flavour with a marked
overlaying component reminiscent of fresh wood shavings.
Augusto's LBV 2012
Augusto's LBV 2012
Deep ruby colour with a
fresh fruity nose. Sweet and grapey but not a lot of depth.
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