This is very good - it's a Cabernet Sauvignon so is not a DOC, but it smells entirely of the Douro - pepper, tobacco, beef. Mouth is rather similar but less punchy than a typical Douro red, less aggressive.
Tasted at the Essência do Vinho in Port, Feb / Mar 2014.
2008 Bons Ares Tinto
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