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

Quinta Do Portal is a family owned wine yard and maker, founded in the 1990s in Porto, Portugal. The vintages from Portal is recommended to be stored for 10 years as they aim for a lighter Port to distinguish themselves form the traditional tannin heavy Douro Port.

I bought this 1500 ml magnum bottle, back in 2016 at the price of 24€, on a sale from a Danish wine shop.

We drank the wine to a large meal of red meat, potatoes, vegetables and salads. It worked so well with a powerful and potent wine to the red meat.

Taste notes right after decanting

Beautifully clear and light red in the color.

Powerful aroma, full of good dried fruit notes, but dominated by the alcohol.

The taste is not that powerful, alcohol shines too hard through it yet, but there is a good dried raisins in the after taste.

Intermediate rating 83 / 100

Taste notes 3 hours after decanting

Aroma has lessened on the alcohol and gives off notes of spices and dried fruits.

The taste has evolved into a powerful Port, alcohol is no longer dominating.

Overall rating 89 / 100