With its powerful fruit, this is very Douro in its intensity. The flavors are of dark black fruits, dense and dry tannins, layered with acidity. The dryness of the fruit and wood tannins demands food, emphasized by the final freshness.——R.V.(12/15/2009)—— 91

Classic Douro varieties give a finely structured wine, its blackberry fruit flavors subordinated to an elegant mineral character, with dark tannins and tight acidity. An impressive, rich, also restrained wine. ——R.V.(11/1/2008)—— 91