Jon Potter

9.0

Lovely wine — 2 months ago

Sergio L Figueiredo

8.9

DUFRY/SP - GU - Jan/2024
Álcool 13,0%
www.esporao.com — 5 months ago

Riccardo L.

9.1

Beast. Great wine. — 3 years ago

Grant Harmsen

8.9

Needs time to open up but evidence of Arinto’s aging potential. Displaying classic notes of oxidized apples, citrus juice and preserved citrus peel. Saline on the finish. — 5 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.2

Tasted from 1/2 bottle. They come in handy for dinner for two in many cases, but especially at a restaurant that allows corkage. Most do in California. It is even harder to find vintage champagne in 375ml’s.

The 2018 vintage was good to very good. You need to taste and or read up for its best offerings.

A note, I tasted at the Billecart-Salmon property in later October 2022 with Mathieu Roland-Billecart. As insightful as that was, he was asked other than Billecart Salmon champagnes, what was one of his favorite champagnes? His reply was surprisingly an older vintage Paul Bara he had recently. That’s a producer question that gets asked often. Normally generates a pause with some minor angst to answer.

The nose shows; lemon chiffon/meringue, bruised apple to slightly cider, bruised pear, yellow & white stone fruits, just ripe pineapple, orange citrus blend, lime pulp, tropical melons, whipped, white cream, white spice-ginger, yeasty bread dough, saline, crushed limestone pulp, crumbled chalk, sea fossils, white spring flowers set in yellow lilies.

The palate is round & soft. The mousse is delicate w/ micro oxidation. Ripe; lemon chiffon/meringue, white & yellow stone fruit, slightly bruised apple & Bosc pear, lime pulp, orange citrus rind, some tropical melons, cream, ginger white spice, yeasty bread dough, sea spray, saline, sea fossils, dry crumbled chalkiness, caramel notes, heather honey, warm perfectly toasted toast, graham cracker, nougat w/ nuts, yellow flowers set in a field of white spring flowers, excellent acidity with a nicely; balanced, structured, tensioned, polished finish that lasts a minute and falls on limestone laced with soft, dry, powdery chalkiness.

Photos of; the house of Paul Bara, chalky caves w/ riddling racks, old wood basket press & a vineyard picking party. — 2 months ago

Josh Lancette

8.9

Pear, lemon, curd, custard, velvety soft in the mouth — 4 years ago

Libbi Odessa

8.9

A pleasant surprise from my AirBnB hosts when I arrived in Portugal! — 5 years ago

Jessica Cansler

9.5

Wonderful red for drinking and cooking with Azorian pork — 4 months ago

"Odedi"

9.3

Inky in color with a short reddish rim.

Fruity nose of blackberries, sweet plums, cooked cherries, dried fruits, coffee, black chocolates and peppercorn.

Full bodied with medium acidity.

Dry on the palate with black currants, black plums, cooked, cherries, oak, vanilla, licorice, spices, chocolates, tobacco, herbs, earth, light vegetables, tobacco leaf, black tea and peppercorn.

Long finish with round tannins and tangy raspberries.

This is a delicious 20 year old Touriga Nacional from Portugal. Rich and extracted. Elegant and robust.

Good right out of the bottle, and better after an hour of airtime.

Rich and in your face kind of wine. Feels like a Napa Cabernet Sauvignon.

A blend of Touriga Nacional with some Syrah and Petit Verdot.

14.5% alcohol by volume.

93 points.

$50. — 8 months ago

Martijn

9.0

Rich cherry and black currant nose. Color is purple with a watery thin edge. In the mouth it is not as sweet as the nose is. There is a rather fresh acidity bringing balance. It will be accompanied by the veal cheeks and mash. Looking forward to that.
As the bottle was opened anyhow to use a glass in the stew we already started tasting 😉. — 4 years ago