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)

A fragrant and deceptively elegant red from the Douro. A blend of mainly Touriga Nacional, with Tinta Roriz, Tinto Cao and Tinta da Toro adding some lovely seasoning around the edges. Floral violets and dried roses with...(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)

Scrumptious Douro red with tender black raspberry and lilac finesse.

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)

60% Touriga Nacional, 30%Touriga Francesa, 10%Tinto Cão – made entirely from grapes of Quinta da Romaneira – in the heart of the Douro valley. RS 97.2 g/l (vintage typically 90-110 g/l), TA 5.4 g/l, pH 3.75. Aged...(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.)