The palate is vibrant and elegant, exhibiting an excellent integration of the oak,
a broad range of flavors including ripe blackberry, cloves, and vanilla bean, and
a wonderfully long finish.
Wine Spectator Review – Issue May 31, 2020 – Rated 96:
A powerful yet elegant red, offering a finely crafted array of steeped cherry, ripe raspberry and baking spice flavors, interwoven with violet, toast and schistlike minerality. Sinewy tannins and tangy acidity offer a powerful and refined structure, along with herb and smoky details on the seamless finish. Should age nicely. Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Barroca and Tinta Roriz. Best from 2022 through 2032. 2,400 cases made, 200 cases imported. — GS
Wine Enthusiast Review – Published 5/1/2020 – Rated 95:
For a wine with such a high alcohol content, this is impressively elegant and poised. It comes from a single vineyard, a field blend that has given magnificent dense black fruits and tannins as well as a fresh strata of acidity. The wine is certainly for aging, so wait until 2024 before drinking. ROGER VOSS