2019 Quinta do Cume

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Alex Bridgeman
Graham’s 1948
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2019 Quinta do Cume

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2019 Quinta do Cume. Smooth coffee bean fruit, the brandy still showing slightly. Nicely structured palate with the fruit showing well along with the exuberant acidity and tannins typical of a youthful Port. The fruit wins the battle, giving an element of sweetness and fragrance to the savoury and dry-edged core. 94/100. Tasted blind on 28-Apr-22.
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.

2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
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JacobH
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Re: 2019 Quinta do Cume

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That's a new Quinta for me. Do you know anything about them? Clearly they are doing some good things per this review.
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Re: 2019 Quinta do Cume

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I know absolutely nothing about them. This was a bottle which appeared as one of the Ports submitted to the DWWA, which I got the chance to taste - wholly blind, all I knew was that I was tasting Vintage Ports from 2020-2017.
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.

2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
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JacobH
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Re: 2019 Quinta do Cume

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Per their website they are next to Provesende which I think is a very good location. It looks like the Quinta is owned by a surgeon with a professional wine maker making the wines. I can’t see any mention of Port on their website: only table wines, so perhaps this one was their first attempt. I do sometimes wonder who it is thought will buy these sorts of Ports: the volumes must be tiny, they often aren’t cheap, and the market of people who like VP from smaller / newer places must also be small. But that’s not to complain: I am glad they exist!
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