Tasting Notes of Wines around the World
The colour is medium purple. On the nose black cherries mixed with some tea. In the mouth light, with smooth but well present tannins and a pleasant acidity. Fairly long finish. Not really to my taste, but an enjoyable, easy to drink wine that delivers good value.
Fabelhaft is a very successful story. Continue reading “Fabelhaft 2018”
From the first sight this Portuguese wine gives the impression of being opulent. The deep purple color certainly contributes to this impression. In reality, on the nose the aroma is elegant, with violet, bergamot, blueberry and some mint. In the mouth the wine is still very young, although already enjoyable thanks to the pleasantly integrated tannins, which influence mainly the drying aftertaste. Continue reading “Pacheca Grande Reserva Touriga National 2015”
The nose reminds me of blackberries fruit candy. To my taste a rather unpleasant sensation that unfortunately follows in the mouth, where the wine doesn’t show any depth of flavour. It finishes abruptly and without any aftertaste worth mentioning.
What a disappointment! To me this wine seems artificial from the first sniff. A far cry from the enthusiastic memory I had about it when I drunk the 2011 vintage in 2014, while visiting Porto. Continue reading “Post Scriptum 2016”