Portugal

Nice light colour ('Portugal's Pinot Noir') and lovely soft nose, the creamy French oak and a nice briar note, with 20% whole bunches and stems giving lovely soft berry fruit and briar, long with gentle spice and lovely...(read more)

It is relatively unusual to find Alicante Bouschet other than in a blend (very successfully used in our best seller Caburnio from Tuscany), so we were fascinated to taste this. More than simply a curiosity this dark and...(read more)

Beautiful light brick red colour and a pleasingly delicate shape. Lovely spicy, intense character, cherry and warm strawberries mingle with herbs and dark cherry notes. Light on its feet, but not shy in any way – lovely,...(read more)

The fresh, intoxicating blackberry fruit aromas are enhanced by a wonderfully aromatic, scented quality. A huge amount of depth and backbone to this finely tuned Port. Everything is in harmony and perfect balance. The da...(read more)

Lovely concentration, quite tightly wound, dark fruit core, bramble, dark cherry, then floral notes too of roses, violets with good freshness. The palate is beautifully delivered, concentrated black fruit, meaty and neat...(read more)

(This was UK bottled by Lupton’s of Bradford and probably never had labels and has unmarked wax capsules, but the ‘Taylor 1963’ is on the corks. The bottles are scruffy but the levels are good for age.)