{"id":11209,"date":"2015-02-05T12:49:29","date_gmt":"2015-02-05T12:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/?p=11209"},"modified":"2015-02-05T12:49:43","modified_gmt":"2015-02-05T12:49:43","slug":"two-from-portugal-vale-meao-2005-and-casa-de-mouraz-elfa-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/portugal\/two-from-portugal-vale-meao-2005-and-casa-de-mouraz-elfa-2010","title":{"rendered":"Two from Portugal: Vale Me\u00e3o 2005 and Casa de Mouraz Elfa 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Portugal is a wonderful wine country, and one that I’ll be focusing on a bit this year, after having let it suffer mild neglect at my hands. Here are two lovely wines. One, a leading Douro red with almost a decade’s bottle age, and the other a distinctive field blend from D\u00e3o.<\/p>\n

Casa de Mouraz Elfa 2010 D\u00e3o, Portugal<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>This is a remarkable wine made from a single mixed variety plot of old vines, and aged without any oak at all. It has a distinctive sweet floral nose with perfumed cherry fruit and some violet notes. The palate has a softness and roundness to it, but also wonderfully pure, sweet, ripe black cherries and plums, with some fine dried herb notes. It’s a bit unusual, but it’s fabulous. 94\/100<\/p>\n

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Quinta do Vale Me\u00e3o 2005 Douro, Portugal<\/strong>
\nThis is developing beautifully. Sweet, ripe, pure blackcurrant and black cherry nose is floral with some tar notes. Fresh, vivid, juicy, textured palate with vibrant, youthful black fruits, some spice and a bit of grip. Real purity and freshness here. Linear, pure, smooth but not lacking in structure. 94\/100<\/p>\n

Find these wines with wine-searcher.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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