The 2014 Grande Reserva, the first since the 2011 (and with a new label) is another example of how (surprisingly!) fine this vintage was for Portal. It is mostly a 60/30 blend of Touriga Nacional and Tinta Roriz, with 10% Touriga Franca, aged for 14 months in new French oak. It comes in at 15% alcohol. This does show in a somewhat drier and sterner fashion than some years—though typical for 2014s—but it has good concentration, wonderful structure and a tightly wound feel. The remaining issue is how well it will age and develop. Too tight and too tannic to approach now, it clearly needs a few years to come around. Will the mid-palate start to fall off? That's always a concern in wines from poor years that look great young, but this seems quite capable of aging well and improving over the next decade. This should hold nicely for a couple of decades, maybe more, but let's start here. If it does improve and develop, it might even be entitled to an uptick.
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