Final month, we reviewed an Alfrocheiro wine from Portugal’s Tabodella vineyard, a pleasing and serviceable wine barely deviating from the widespread Portuguese choices. This month, we try its Villae providing, which is a pink mix consisting of 40% Tinta Roriz (Tempranillo), 20% Jaen (Mencia), 20% Tinta Pinheira (Rufete), and 20% Alfrocheiro (Alfrocheiro) grapes.
This wine opens with regular however measured class, with aromas unfolding step by step from violet to cracked pepper, and ripe plum because it evolves within the glass. On the palate, the plum carries by means of seamlessly, layered with slate and earthy notes of damp soil and mushrooms. Delicate, persistent tannins lend the construction wanted to maintain flavors aligned with out dulling brightness. A contact of black tea emerges on the end, including some refinement and restraint. It strikes a constant steadiness all through of beneficiant fruit assembly equal depth, and it’s the sort of wine that reveals extra of itself the longer it sits within the glass. It’s already approachable and consuming fairly effectively, nevertheless it nonetheless hints at a sleek future if you wish to wait one other 12 months. Pairing this with a small plate of chorizo and Manchego provides a little bit of decadence to an already wealthy expertise.
B+ / $23
2020 Taboadella Villae Tinto Pink Mix
USD23
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