Product Overview
95 Points, "Cellar Selection" - Wine Enthusiast
"This is a finely perfumed wine with swathes of ripe berry fruits and a generous texture. A dry style of vintage, it emphasizes spice, the bite of the spirit as well as the opulent black-plum and raisin fruit flavors. There is great potential in this fine wine. Drink from 2027." -RV, 12/1/2018
93 Points - Wine Advocate
"The 2016 Vintage Port was bottled in August 2018 after spending 18 months in wood. Mostly Touriga Nacional and Touriga Franca, it comes in at 103 grams per liter of residual sugar. Rather nicely concentrated in terms of fruit flavor, this beautifully balanced Porto also has moderately ripe tannins, velvet for texture and a persistent finish. It coats the palate and delivers intense flavor on that finish, while the fruit is always lifted. Then, the tannins take over as the fruit recedes. Several days later, it was still drinking beautifully and it was surprisingly persistent, concluding with controlled tannic pop. The tannins may be ripe, but there are plenty of them. It took several days to open up again and become expressive again. There's plenty here to like, beginning with its enticing freshness and ending with the fact that it is delicious." -MS, 10/31/2018
92 Points - Wine Spectator
"A distinctly dry woodsy spine gives this a slightly austere bent, surrounded by ample fleshy boysenberry, blackberry and plum paste flavors. The finish is lined with alder and tobacco notes. A distinctive style. Time should tame this. Best from 2030 through 2042. Tasted twice, with consistent notes. 763 cases made." -JM, 12/31/18
