Winery - Quinta de la Rosa
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Smoky, meaty aromas set the scene for an intensely rich wine. If the wood element is very apparent in the smoke and spice flavors, this is youth. Underneath, there is a concentrated dark series of black fruits, bacon and big, dry tannins. The wine needs to age for at least four years.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
The attractive Quinta de la Rosa, at Pinhão, under the ownership of the Bergqvist family, is aquiring a good name for its table wines as well as its Ports. This vintage has delicious, ripe, sweet fruit on the nose and fine forward fruit and sweetness. The ripeness and almost-jelly juiciness give a real sense of the wine being made from serious Port fruit. —R.V.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Powerful, ripe wine with black fruits and a great swathe of dark tannins. The flavors of berries, black plums, black figs and sage are echoed by the warm, herbal and wild flower aromas. This is a big wine, which needs at least a year to age.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A finely structured, impressively elegant wine, packed with dark fruit skin flavors, heavy with tannins and delicious perfumed fruit. While it is rich, it is also dry, suggesting excellent aging potential.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This is a structured style of Port, which hangs together well, with its ripe fruit and flavors of tar, rosewater and black figs. The tannins and the structure blend combine with sweetness to give an attractive balanced wine. The quinta of la Rosa, owned by the Bergqvist family, is perched dramatically on the north bank of the Douro close to Pinhão.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A wood-aged wine, with ripe yellow fruits, spice and a smooth, creamy character, kept firmly in place by apple skin texture and a flinty edge.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A great structured, finely textured wine. The black tarry fruit, sweet licorice and black currant flavors all hang together well, leaving ripeness and feel of elegance.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
From a small, low-yielding parcel of old vines, this Port comes with huge intensity and concentrated flavors. It is dark, powerful and almost brooding. The potential in this wine, with its dry tannins over the juicy fruit, is impressive—15–20 years at least.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
The Bergqvist family has made a sweet ripe 2000, flavored with red and dried fruits. The tannins are well structured and concentrated, powering through the fruit and the sweetness. The wine has a medium-term aging potential of 8-12 years.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Soft and fruity wine with red plum juice, attractive tannins and a good fresh streak of acidity.
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