2009 Quinta da Leda
Posted: 00:08 Sat 18 Feb 2017
Bought by the bottle for £69 from the Hotel du Vin in Bristol - but they only have 2 bottles left.
After sitting in the decanter for about an hour this was sharp, acidic and unbalanced. I was worried. However after a further 30 minutes this had started we to pull itself together and after 180 minutes presented a very different wine. With sufficient time in the glass this provided a sweet and floral nose, nicely combining fruit with sweet rose perfume. On the palate this has a powerful acidity (which is what worried me at first) and tannins which grip firmly, especially with some air, but there is good levels of red and black cherry fruit and the whole set of components combined perfectly to compliment a Porterhouse steak. The aftertaste is amazing and is followed by a very, very long finish. The aftertaste is actually what made me keep faith with the wine when I first tasted it. Still very young. 91/100. Drunk 17/2/17. Decanted 3 hours.
After sitting in the decanter for about an hour this was sharp, acidic and unbalanced. I was worried. However after a further 30 minutes this had started we to pull itself together and after 180 minutes presented a very different wine. With sufficient time in the glass this provided a sweet and floral nose, nicely combining fruit with sweet rose perfume. On the palate this has a powerful acidity (which is what worried me at first) and tannins which grip firmly, especially with some air, but there is good levels of red and black cherry fruit and the whole set of components combined perfectly to compliment a Porterhouse steak. The aftertaste is amazing and is followed by a very, very long finish. The aftertaste is actually what made me keep faith with the wine when I first tasted it. Still very young. 91/100. Drunk 17/2/17. Decanted 3 hours.