I bought this canned witbier at a local bar in Odense, Denmark, at the price of 9 Euro for a 440 ml can at 4.7% alcohol.
Thick flowing and orange in the color. Like orange juice. Nice white foam on top of the head.
Delicious fruited aroma with powerful hops mixed in. Citrus notes spices the scent.
Good CO2 level, delicious taste with a full bodied citrus experience. After taste does not disappoint, balances all the different components well.
Overall rating 83 / 100
I bought this beer from tap, at a local bar in Odense, Denmark. This 400 ml beer with a 5,2% alcohol content, was priced at 10 Euro, as part of a special brewer visit to the bar.
The focus on the tap takeover was beers from Northern Bayern, Germany.
Beautiful and cloudy orange color. Good foam and a nice head.
Hard on the hops and bitterness in the aroma.
Good CO2, on the low side. Full power on the hops and bitterness. Nothing sweet about this beer. No sweet notes. After taste finishes off with loads of bitterness.
Unexpected from the normally very sweet weissbier from the same region, that I love so very very much.
Overall rating 73 / 100
I bought this 750 ml glass bottle Vintage Port, at 20% alcohol, back in 2015. It was at the price of 44 Euro, from a Internet based Port specialized wine shop.
Taste notes right after opening and start of decantation:
Clear and dark red in the color.
Good aroma, fruited, but not powerful. Alcohol is low and not dominating.
Powerful tannin, very thick in the body, burns with a good fruit balance. Fruit notes and cask go well in play with each other.
Intermediate rating 89 / 100
Taste notes 4 hours after decanting:
The wine has gotten darker from the aeration.
Aroma seems unchanged.
Solid and full-bodied tasting experience. Cask notes, thick and delicious!
Overall rating 93 / 100
The name Quinta do Noval first appeared in land registers in the year 1715. António José da Silva, a Port shipper from Gaia, father-in-law of Luiz Valsconcelos Porto, acquired Quinta do Noval in 1894 after its devastation by phylloxera. He restored the property by replanting its vineyards.
A new bottling line and warehouse was completed in 1997 in Alijo, near to Pinhão. This project made Quinta do Noval the first of the traditional Port shippers to centralise all its activities in the Douro Valley rather than in Vila Nova de Gaia near Porto.
I bought this 750 ml glass bottle Vintage Port, at 20% alcohol, back in 2014. It was at the price of 29 Euro, from a Internet based Port specialized wine shop.
Taste notes after decanting
Thin bodied, fine red color with slightly brown notes.
Good fruited aroma with a dominating alcohol. With aeration, the alcohol takes a step back and let the fruit aroma evolve.
Dry and hard tannins, the taste comes off with a punch, but the fruit notes remains a bit thin. After taste sports a good dried fruits and raisins.
Overall rating 88 / 100
I bought this 750 ml glass bottle Vintage Port at a Danish Supermarket, in 2022. The price was around 33 Euro.
Burmester is owned by the Calem brand: https://www.disorder.dk/2013/11/26/visiting-calem-in-porto/
Decantation started at 1530 o’clock in the afternoon, preparing this really young vintage, to be enjoyed to red meat at dinner.
First taste notes are from 1600 o’clock, half an hour after opening:
Deep red with purple notes to the color. Thin curtains on the side of the glass.
Alcohol dominated aroma, lots of tannin and acid accompanying a red fresh fruit.
Very powerful in the taste. Very dry, but already in balance, goes into a nice aftertaste.
Intermidiate rating 84 / 100
Second taste notes are from 1715 o’clock, roughly 2 hours after opening:
Darkened in the color, more deep red.
Less alcohol in the aroma, more darkness to it.
Taste is even more in balance.
Intermediate rating 88 / 100
The last tasting notes are from 2215 o’clock, roughly 7 hours after opening:
Very dark by now.
Tannins are still very powerful.
Overall rating 89 / 100
Taste notes right after decanting
Clear wine with a brown color and red notes in the shine. Large and hanging curtains of alcohol on the side of the glass.
Powerful aroma of dark dried fruits, comes off as mature and complex. Alcohol is however dominating here in the start.
Low on tannins and acid. Powerful in the taste. Alcohol is warm, but not dominating, after taste ends out in pure liquid raisins. Seems over matured, as it is not well balanced in its taste.
Intermediate rating 85 / 100
Taste notes 4 hours after decanting
Slightly darker in the color, but still more brown than red.
Less alcohol dominating the aroma.
Taste and feeling on the palate remains the same. No change from the exposure to oxygen.
Overall rating 87 / 100
The cork got completely destroyed due to age and being soaked in wine.
Taste notes right after opening and decanting
Peach in the color with nice big curtains on the side of glass.
Hard hitting alcohol in the aroma, has a weak scent of fruit and cask.
High acid and hard alcohol at the start of the taste. Develops into a complex old smoked note. Dried fruits and especially raisin goes up in pace in the after taste. Ends as a complete raisin bomb.
Intermediate rating 88 / 100
Taste notes 4 hours after decanting
The color has turned slightly darker.
Much less alcohol in the aroma, fruit stands out better.
Same good taste, still a bit hard on the alcohol.
Overall rating 90 / 100
Tasted 01-09-2018. Burmester is owned by the Calem brand: https://www.disorder.dk/2013/11/26/visiting-calem-in-porto/
Taste notes right after decanting
Dark red in the color with some haziness to it.
Dominating alcohol in the aroma, slight subtle notes of dried fruit.
Good balance on alcohol and acid in the taste. Mature wine with spicy notes and a weak after taste.
Intermediate rating 81 / 100
Taste notes 3½ hours after decanting
The wine cleared up and became more clear.
The taste experience is better, with the less dominating alcohol.
Intermediate rating 83 / 100
Taste notes 7 hours after decanting
The taste reveals notes of oak and cask, but the wine lacks potency and powerful taste.
Overall rating 84 / 100
Burmester is owned by the Calem brand: https://www.disorder.dk/2013/11/26/visiting-calem-in-porto/
Taste notes right after decanting
Brown and red noted in the color. Light flowing.
Spiced in the aroma, with a dominating alcohol, hiding the weak fruit scents.
Taste comes off as sweet with good tannins, already a good composition. Ends off with a good dried fruits in the after taste, but still too thin in the taste.
Intermediate rating 85 / 100
Taste notes 4 hours after decanting
Color has gotten darked, resampling blood.
Light fruit notes to the aroma.
Good full bodied in the taste, tannins are still in balance with the fruit. But overall it is still too light in taste and after taste.
Overall rating 86 / 100
Quinta Do Portal is a family owned wine yard and maker, founded in the 1990s in Porto, Portugal. Tasted on 23-12-2020.
One of the two bottles opened was corked, tasted terrible. Into the sink it goes.
Taste notes 1 hour after decanting
Thin red color, but clear.
Very light aroma, dominated by the alcohol.
Hard tannins, alcohol, mild in the taste, but has a fresh fruit that wants forwards.
Intermediate rating 75 / 100
Taste notes 3½ hours after decanting
The color has attained a darker red color.
Aroma is still weak.
Taste has gotten softer, more soft like silk. The fruit is very straight forward and not complex.
Intermediate rating 79 / 100
Taste notes 8 hours after decanting
Even darker red in the color.
Deeper aroma which now has much more fruit to it.
The wine is finally open, shows some balance in the taste. Good fruits, but more to the red wine side, than aged and oaked.
Overall rating 88 / 100