Esporão Monte Velho 2022 Reserva Red

This is a finely balanced and comprehensive wine for its price tag. It offers notes of black cherry, boysenberry, plum, red current, Alpine wildflowers, and leather hide. Comprised of Aragonez, Syrah, Touriga Nacional and Trincaderia, what works is the seamless blending of these grapes from a variety of regions that are expertly paired with each other. The sweet vanilla and light barrel char also come through, in part to the wine being aged eight months in barrel. The acidity is spot on and the wine is a pleasure to drink and begs for a variety of foods. To be sure, this is a flavorful wine and with a price that belies its quality, you should stock up on this hidden gem. ORIGIN: Portugal. ALCOHOL: 13.5%

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$18.00USD

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Dow 2020 Vale do Bomfim DOC Douro Red

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2020

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$15.00USD

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Quinta do Vesuvio 2019 Comboio do Vesuvio

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2019

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$22.00USD

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Six Grapes Reserve Port (NV)

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2022

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$25.00USD

As a non-vintage wine, Six Grapes Port does show slight variation from year to year. This offering, with its new label and bottle design is the best NV to date. I have tasted Six Grapes upon its release every year for more than a decade and can attest that it’s moving in a direction that is more comprehensive as a signature wine. This new bottling shows ripe lush and opulent fruit without being overly sweet or cloying. Comprised, not of six grapes but actually eight in this case, the acidity balances out the fruit, the tannic structure balances out the sweetness.

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