A “Grande Ouro” (or super gold) medal winner at the recent ViniPortugal wine competition, this Douro beauty is filled with rich, ripe fruit as well as subtle notes resembling chocolate, coffee, and dried tobacco. It’s compelling on account of its wonderfully complex, and provides ample evidence that the Douro is now home to dry red wines that can compete with the world’s very best. This is a wine to seek out and buy by the case. It should age effortlessly, and outperforms a great many wines that cost significantly more.
Esporão, Douro (Portugal) 2011
By Paul Lukacs