2024 Neipoort Redoma BrancoYoung Portuguese white blend at Vinum (Graham’s cellars restaurant). Enjoyed with heirloom tomato salad, clams Bulhão Pato, and whole sole. Fresh, mineral and stone fruits. — 4 months ago
Second take in a few months. My prior notes apply. It’s still a delicious blend of red and white grapes co-fermented in a delicious, playful yet a bit complex style nevertheless with a nice play on textures on the palate, with a chalky texture at first that gives way to gentle tannins. Nice cherry and wild strawberries notes on the nose and in the palate, very round mid palate with these gentle, caressing tannins, very focused and strong acid drive, rather long finish with red fruit, that textural element in the mouthfeel, with these chalky/tannic layers and that acid drive. It packs the quaffable qualities of the best, fruity and carbonic beaujolais, with the textural quality and complexity of good white wines. What’s not to be liked here ? Comes in 1l bottles, 11% abv — 6 months ago
Lovely raspberry pie @ Natuvinum — 2 months ago
Edition „Mauerfall“ — 2 months ago
Wow. Burgundy in Portugal. — 4 months ago
Jeroen Koenen
Served this slightly chilled (12’C?).
Gorgeously fresh and pure dark fruit. Succulent, juicy, still primary….
Tannines and alcohol beautifully blended into the dense and viscous core. Only a slight hint of spice, chocolate and licorice now. Sweetness and freshness in excellent balance. It even feels more fresh than sweet at the moment. Certainly not too heavy nor intense.
This is so forward and yummy and sexy right now… I just don’t miss the complexity it might be lacking at this stage.
Sure, it has a few decades of life left and it could get more cerebral and complex…
But don’t bother. Drink it now! — 3 days ago