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MONDECO DAO RED 2011 DOC Dão
Vintage Assessments Tasting Note Producer FONTES DA CUNHA
Deep intense purple colour. Fairly complex, slightly spicy, bright, intense, ripe plum-cherry nose with some cedar-sandalwood notes. Dry, medium bodied, quite well structured, gently complex, slightly spicy, harmonious, ripe plum-cherry flavours with a lingering, gently cedary, high acid finish This new blend of 88% Touriga Nacional, 5% Tinta Roriz, 5% Alfrocheiro and 5% Jaen has 13% alcohol on the label (although 14% on the winery website) and 2 g/L residual sugar with lot number Lot 0713 on the back label. Only 8,100 bottles were produced and the LCBO snagged 4,056 of them! CSPC 442210
Type Red Table Wine
Agent Ter Win
Country Portugal
Region
Rating **/**+(88 points)
Solid, Ripe, Spicy, Attractive
LCBO Text Status Recommended by Vintage Assessments!
A Best Buy
TASTING NOTE: This is a soft blend of five local varieties, offering a generous, concentrated wine. Black fruit tones are balanced by a strong mineral character that brings out a tight texture. From the end of 2016, it will be a fine, ripe and accessible wine. Best Buy. Score - 89 (Roger Voss, Wine Enthusiast, Dec. 1, 2015) Price $ 13.95
Bottle Size 750 mL
Tasting Date vintages release - August 5, 2017
Cases bought 338 (12 bottles per case)

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Score:    - Not Presented   * Below Average   *+ OK   ** Good    **+ Excellent    *** Outstanding ***+ Exceptional

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