1994 Ramos Pinto Ervamoira

[uncle tom]

Decanted three hours ago.

In the glass a dark purple-red colour. Rather subdued nose.

On the palate it does the great '94 party trick of having strong fruit masking the tannins, making a relatively young wine quite approachable.

Good wine, if a little too young still - a player to challenge the biggest names.

More anon..

Tom

[DRT]

Child killer

[uncle tom]

Child killer

Yes, I'm retreating from the young stuff - I might do a V96 and Co94 before the year's out, plus the odd '91 & '85 - but overall, I expect to average well over 30yrs on my casual quaffing..

Tom

[DRT]

You need to check out Erik's Poll on FTLOP where you slagged him off for opening young stuff.

You've talked yourself into a Ventozelo 2000 on Saturday

Derek

[uncle tom]

14 years is not excessively young for a very forward vintage like '94, but for a middle to long haul vintage like '00, 8 years is far too soon.

I will probably pop a stray '00 in four or five years time to see how the vintage is developing, but I doubt they'll be fit for mainstream consumption before 2025.

Tom