Portugal Wine Reviews
I drank these 4 wines and tasted apricot, bright, maple, minerality, peach, red fruit, smooth tannin, spice, stone fruit, walnut. The wines are dessert wine, food friendly and came from a variety of sources, including wine clubs, wineries, and wine stores.
Wine reviews by: Jessyca Frederick |
NV Quinta de la Rosa 20-Year Old Tawny Port (500mL)
This wine has changed my mind about whether or not I want to explore Port wine.
Tasting notes: walnut, maple, bright
2020 Naked Wines Ana Diogo-Draper Red
Portugal is one of the world’s best wine values right now and food-friendly red wine styles like this one are contributing to its growing popularity.
Tasting notes: red fruit, spice, smooth tannin
2020 Quinta Nova Pomares Duoro (Tinto)
This Duoro Tinto is smooth, with subtle fruit and spice. A bright and food-friendly wine that while enjoyable was not necessarily unique.
Tasting notes: smooth tannin, red fruit, spice, bright
2021 Taboadella 1255 Villae (Branco)
A food-friendly white wine (branco is white in Portuguese) was light and refreshing with flavors of stone fruit and minerality.
Tasting notes: bright, stone fruit, apricot, peach, minerality
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