2003 Quinta do Portal

[jdaw1]

We tasted 2003s, at the Boot & Flogger, on Tuesday 18th March 2025, as organised by Michael Charlton.

Links

• Review of the evening as a whole;
• Tasting notes:
  1. 2003 Portal;
  2. 2003 Portal+;
  3. 2003 Niepoort;
  4. 2003 Niepoort Secundum = Fortnum & Mason;
  5. 2003 Kopke;
  6. 2003 Burmester;
  7. 2003 Cálem;
  8. 2003 Sandeman Vau;
  9. 2003 Quinta do Noval;
  10. 2003 Tesco;
  11. 2003 Sainsbury’s Taste The Difference;
  12. 2003 Cockburn;
  13. 2003 Quinta de Roriz;
  14. 2003 Gould Campbell;
  15. 2003 Warre;
  16. 2003 Dow;
  17. 2003 Graham;
  18. 2003 Quinta do Vesuvio;
  19. 2003 Fonseca;
  20. 2003 Taylor;
  21. 2003 Croft;
  22. 2003 Krohn;
• Placemats;
• Food order;
• Planning and organisation.

[jdaw1]

Portal 2003 = Pt03.

[rich_n]

Toffee and cherries on the nose, along with a little herbal note and something not right. Toffee leads on the palate, around with a dark red fruit note, probably cherries. Eucalyptus arrives in the mid palate along with milk chocolate. Hot finish rather takes the shine off. Very peppery with an unpleasant acidic bite. Seems not right to me. Unrated.