High-end Douro red: Casa Amarela
I'm off to the Douro tomorrow, so I thought it would be appropriate to blog on a high-end Douro red.
Quinta Casa Amarela Reserva 2006 Douro, Portugal
www.quinta-casa-amarela.com
14.5% alcohol. Touriga Franca, Touriga Nacional and Tinta Roriz, aged in new French oak. Sweet, dark intense nose with ripe dark fruits, some spicy notes from the oak and a savoury, mineral edge. The palate shows good concentration of sweet ripe dark cherry and plum fruit with a tarry oak veneer and good acidity and tannic structured. Rich but well structured, with some potential for future development. Well made and modern-styled, showing some oak, but with substance, too. 90/100 (£25.99 Castas)
3 Comments:
Hi, Castas link is a 404.
Castas link working perfectly here.
both are right - I corrected it in response to Charlie
Thanks for the feedback
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