Onda Nova Syrah 2007, Algarve (£9.99 www.mollybrownswinelist.co.uk) A full-flavoured, fleshy youngster that speaks of a warm climate with its plummy dark chocolate flavours, but which never goes overripe and remains fresh. Nice meaty finish and potential to develop further. B+ Quinta da Lagoalva de Cima Tinto 2008, VR Tejo (£8.40 […]
Portugal
A couple of wines from a well-known (in the UK at least) singer’s estate in the Algarve plus a rather unusual sweet wine from the Ribatejo – or Tejo, as we should now be calling it. Onda Nova Verdelho 2008, Algarve (£9.99 www.mollybrownswinelist.co.uk ) Clean, fresh, tight peach, citrus peel […]
Portugal – white, pink and sweet
Just received the following e-mail from Nuno Araujo, one of the most enterprising and inspired winemakers in the Vinho Verde region, and the most subversive of the six producers that make up Portugal’s IWA (Independent Wingrowers Association). I haven’t been a universal fan of Nuno’s wines – some were just […]
Quinta de Covela – what is going on?
Quinta Nova de Nossa Senhora do Carmo Reserve Porto NV (£9.95 per 500 ml Halifax Wine Company, Oakley Wine Agencies) Juicy young port, warm and welcoming, with an almost velvety texture, broad but still fragrant berry and damson flavours, and a citrus tang to the finish – you could almost […]
Four Ports – Quinta do Noval and Quinta Nova
Quinta Nova de Nossa Senhora do Carmo Unoaked Douro 2008 (£10.99 The Wine Cellar, Oakley Wine Agencies) Joyful young wine, all about bumptious, bouncy bramble and plum flavour, with hints of black pepper and brown sugar adding further interest. Ripe but fresh with it, very tasty. S- Quinta Nova de […]
Portugal’s Douro Valley – home to some of the world’s ...
Saw on Facebook that Jamie Goode is currently staying at Quinta do Noval. Hope he’s having a great time, I have fond memories of being there at roughly the same point for the 1998 vintage, which was, not to mince words, one of the crapper years in recent memory. It […]