1991 Quinta de la Rosa

[DRT]

Consumed on Tuesday 22nd April, The Crusting Pipe, London at The Half Bottle Offline.

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The Ports:

• Warre Quinta da Cavadinha 1982
• Cask Sample 2010
• Sandeman 1927
• Quinta de la Rosa 1991
• Martinez 1985
• Croft Quinta de Roeda 1967
• Graham's 1977
• Smith Woodhouse Madalena 1988
• Quarles Harris 1980

[DRT]

Nice, open, flowery nose. Good weight. Lots of red fruit - some heat - lovely long finish.

This was the WOTN by a stretch.

A great revelation, and a fine example of why these informal blind tastings are a good thing

[Alex Bridgeman]

Deep red colour, youthful but not a baby; opaque. Lovely and inviting nose; sweet but with an offsetting mandarin citrus edge. Swirling reveals a lovely floral essence. Young smelling, but past the first flush of youth. Intense and concentrated in the mouth, very spicy but with such sweet fruit. Lovely on the palate. A long aftertaste that promises much for the future and certainly one which will continue to improve for at least another 10 years. Guessed to be Bomfim 1987. 91/100.