"Hello Phil,
Thanks very much for your reply and for your disposition to visit Portugal again.
Don’t forget to visit us; it would be a great pleasure to welcome you, and an extraordinary opportunity to show you the best of what we are…"
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Phil Orem left a comment for João Tavares de Pina"Hi Joao,
Thanks for the welcome. My wife and I spent a week in Portugal in 2004 and we had a fantastic time. Between the Algarve the Douro region and Lisbon the country is so diverse and has so much to offer. I continue to enjoy all of the wines…"
João Tavares de Pina left a comment for Phil Orem"Hi Phil,
Welcome to Wine2.0
Portugal has many autochthones grape varieties, red and whites.
White varieties are very interesting, with very different characters, but SYRIA also called Códega do Larinho is fantastic, with citrons aromas of…"
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- About Me:
- Business Development Manager at Vin Lux Fine Wine Transport and supporter of all things fermented.
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- At 4:43pm on November 10, 2009, João Tavares de Pina said…
- Hello Phil,
Thanks very much for your reply and for your disposition to visit Portugal again.
Don’t forget to visit us; it would be a great pleasure to welcome you, and an extraordinary opportunity to show you the best of what we are doing.
Dão region belongs to the unknown smaller wine regions in Europe. As you may know, our wines are just produced with autochthonous grapes varieties, very well adapted to our soils and weather, producing very distinctive wines, completely different from all the others. Very concentrated, because of the very low yield, it’s not a question of fashion, but a natural result of the “terroir”, and also produced in very low amounts.
Old Dao’s are really very nice, just look what Paul White (American journalist from Decanter and many other’s, living in New Zeeland)say's about:
Opened the 1997 you sent me home with a few nights ago, it was delicious wine and a real masterpiece.
Here are my notes: Terras de Tavares Reserva 1997 Jaen, Roriz, and Touriga Nacional. Aromas open with roasted game and spice notes, which with further airing develop complex red fruit, vine ripened tomato and tamarillo characters, textures in the mouth are elegant and refined with fine, well integrated tannins. For a 12 year old wine, it’s surprisingly young and fresh, retaining a pleasant sting of acidity and firm structure. A well crafted wine from a thoughtful producer.
Quinta de la Rosa, just in the border of Douro River like all Douro Valey is very nice.
We are a little bit at the south, 100 km, from Pinhão.
I still don’t have importer in California. Hope found one very soon.
Best regards
- At 4:17am on November 10, 2009, João Tavares de Pina said…
- Hi Phil,
Welcome to Wine2.0
Portugal has many autochthones grape varieties, red and whites.
White varieties are very interesting, with very different characters, but SYRIA also called Códega do Larinho is fantastic, with citrons aromas of tangerine and orange.
Portugal Dão region has the most gastronomic wines: fresh, intense, elegant with very nice acidity, made with autochthonous grapes from very particularly varieties.
Just try.
I am a producer in Portuguese Dão region, and I suggest you to taste an old Dão.
Just see what Paul White Thinks about as:
“So far, Portugal has managed to remain true to its traditions, while at the same time offering up a huge range of distinctive grape varieties and unusual wine styles precisely when many of us are tiring of endless New World makeovers of French varietals.
Dao has a lot going for it in that respect: first rate grape varieties firmly rooted in granite-based ‘terroir’ that sparkles back like diamonds, all this shaped by a growing season that’s relatively gentler and longer than other Portuguese regions. Although relatively unknown and sometimes tricky to pronounce, Dao’s red wines offer consumers genuinely new and exciting tasting experiences.”
Visit please our web-site, for now it’s just in Portuguese, but to see photos you don’t need any translation: www.quintadaboavista.eu
Hope to hear from you soon.
Best.
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