2016 Quinta da Romaneira Porto Vintage
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The 2016 Vintage Port is mostly Touriga Nacional (70%), with the rest comprised of Touriga Franca and Tinto Cão, aged for 20 months in neutral tonels. It comes in with just 77 grams of residual sugar. This was in bottle for about seven weeks when seen. Aromatic and enticing from the first smell, laced with eucalyptus, herbs and dried blue fruits, it opens tight and then evolves beautifully, developing expressive fruit and flavor. This is elegant as well, with a fresh feel. It might be a touch on the leaner side, but not by much. I'm very impressed with this bottling, perhaps the best Romaneira VP I've seen. If it continues to evolve well, it should be a sleeper of the vintage. There were 12,000 bottles produced from 25-year-old vines.
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Jancis Robinson MW
Neal Martin
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The 2016 Quinta da Romaneira has a broody, almost Médoc like bouquet at first, gradually almost reluctantly opening up with cigar humidor-tinged black fruit that are nicely defined. The palate is well balanced with black cherries, cassis and blueberry. There is good acidity here, but it is quite linear and just needs a little more substance to come through towards the finish.
Tinta Cão from Noval has been planted here by Christian Seely of Noval whose extensive private riverside property this is. This foot-trodden wine is based on Tourigas Nacional and Franca, older vines in the heart of the property. Dark crimson with a hint of purple.. Nose is a little faint after all the welter of greatness I have been experiencing. Luscious polished sweetness on pate entry and you have to struggle a bit to find the tannins. They are there but in a much lower register than in many 2016s. Sinewy and with just a slight hole in the middle. Competent rather than thrilling. (JR)