To learn more about Ramos Pinto, read my article from visiting the wine producer: http://www.disorder.dk/2013/09/11/visiting-ramos-pinto-in-porto/
I tasted this 10 year old tawny at Ramos Pinto in Porto, Portugal.
The colour is best described as chestnut, a deep brown with red notes to it.
The aroma is dominated by alcohol and caramel.
The taste comes off with a sharp tannin in the start, a faint note of oak and a soft dried fruit in the after taste, which fades quickly.
Overall rating 88 / 100
Ruby port on the left, vintage 2000 on the right.
To learn more about Ramos Pinto, read my article from visiting the wine producer: http://www.disorder.dk/2013/09/26/visiting-ramos-pinto-in-porto/
The colour is no longer the deep red/purple going into black, the ageing have left it as a red wine with a brown hint to it when swirled.
The aroma comes off with a good fruit and a hint of oak.
Tasting it comes with a rough start from the tannin, with a soft switch to the fruit and a fresh grape. The taste is not as complex after only 11 years on the bottle. There are really no certain taste standing out for itself.
A good wine that needs to be aged for many more years to obtain a softer tannin and develop a more complex taste.
Overall rating is 89 / 100
Casa Ramos Pinto was founded in 1880 by Adriano Ramos Pinto. Ramos Pinto had their biggest market in Brazil and was in the 20th century responsible for half of the wine export to South America. Ramos Pinto have since 1990 been a part of the Roederer Group.
A few vintage bottles on display in the lobby.
The lobby room where the wine tasting also takes place.
Behind the customer counter of the old offices that are still standing with the original interior.
A for the time modern lift was used instead of rolling the casks up and down to the cellar.
A cask with the Ramos Pinto logo
A small selection of their vintage collection, this is mostly bottles from the 80’s and is a part of a corking experiment where different types of corks and methods are tested over a long period.
A view down along the casks full of port wine.
Blandy’s Madeira Wine was founded in 1811 by John Blandy that came to Madeira to be treated for his illness in the warm climate and to work in the banking sector. The company is still on family hands and is today run by the 6th generation.
I bought this 20%, 500 ml bottle of Blandy’s 1996 Bual Colheita in the Blandy’s wine store in airport on the island of Madeira at the price 39 Euro.
The bual grapes are used for the medium sweet wines. This single harvest Colheita wine was bottled ready to drink and does therefore not posses a ageing potential as the vintage wines.
This wine was matured on oak cask for 15 years and was bottled in 2011. This was from cask 24071/2 and bottle number 1469. A total of 3000 bottles was filled.
A golden colour fills the glass and the alcohol sticks to the sides of the glass leaving nicely rounded curtains to set apart from the sharp line.
A sweet aroma with the pinch of alcohol, but nothing too strong to put out the pleasure of enjoying its aroma before tasting. A short sting of acid and a split second later the sweet flavour floats around the tongue. Best served in regular quantities as the taste fades within a minute. A good Madeira that was well enjoyed during Christmas by my family and I.
Overall rating is 90 / 100
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