Very deep color. Very delicate aroma, with floral notes and of wild fruit. Wooden gift to give more complexity to the set. in the mouth is a very elegant wine with balance and easy tannins.
[88 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate] The 2014 Viosinho is unoaked and comes in at 12.5% alcohol. Sourced from a vineyard with limestone soil about ten kilometers from the sea, this is another terrific w...
The 2011 Croft is initially taciturn on the nose, even after allowing it 20 minutes in my glass. A light swirling immediately awakens the aromatics to offer blackberry, Seville orange marmalade, blueb...
The 2007 Fonseca is maturing nicely, with a perfumed, high toned, rich bouquet of macerated black cherries, blueberry, creme de cassis and vanilla. The palate is very harmonious with plush dark cherry...
The Fonseca 2011 is typically more forthcoming on the nose compared to the bashful Croft: a strident bouquet with lifted scents of freshly picked blackberries, kirsch, crushed stone and a dash of Hoi ...
Winemaker's Overview
It is rare to have such good weather and the grapes in such good condition. Baumés were not too high and acidity levels were normal, both clear proof that we had not had excessiv...
The 2011 Taylor’s Vintage 2011 has a multifaceted, Pandora’s Box of a nose that is mercurial in the glass: cassis at first before blackberry and raspberry politely ask it to move aside, followed b...