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| QUADRUS RED 2015 DOP Douro |
| Vintage Assessments Tasting Note |
Producer |
QUADRUS |
| A THIRD REPEAT of the recommended best buy 2015 (***) that was originally released on July 10, 2021 at $22.95. Assessed from a fresh bottle of the new shipment just purchased at the LCBO. This well-made, hefty 2015 has a very deep intense purple colour and an intense, rather complex, ripe, plummy-dark-cherry-cassis nose with some sandalwood-cedar notes. It’s dry, medium-full bodied, harmonious and well structured with ripe, intense, Damson plum, black cherry and cassis flavours with a pleasant touch of garrigue along with fairly robust sandalwood-cedar notes on the lingering finish. Quite extracty with fine mouthfeel - especially for a modest$22.95. This blend of 55% Touriga Nacional, 30% Tinta Roriz and 15% Sousao has 14% alcohol and now according to the LCBO 6 g/L residual sugar with lot number L-MVQT15 on the back label. |
CSPC |
440305 |
| Type |
Red Table Wine |
| Agent |
Hal Ent |
| Country |
Portugal |
| Region |
Douro |
| Rating |
***(91 points)
Ripe, Dense, Harmonious |
| LCBO Text |
Status |
Recommended by Vintage Assessments!
A Best Buy |
| TASTING NOTE: From vineyards in the heart of the Douro's historic Cima Corgo, and selected by Toronto restaurateur Tony Amaro of Opus Restaurant, this is the finest vintage yet of Quadrus to reach our shores. It's a blend of classic Douro varieties with just over half touriga nacional, 30% tinta roriz, and 15% of the dark-juiced sousão adding to the deep purple colour. The nose is a riot of ripe black and blue fruit with marked violet florality, pure and unencumbered by wood influence. The palate is broad, balanced and fleshy with more of that pure, clean, ripe dark fruit and supple, lightly grainy tannins fully enmeshed in fruit extract. Succulent acids frame and shape the ensemble admirably. It's delicious now, but at the slow rate it seems to be evolving - showing very few signs of evolution 5 years in - I suspect this will sit comfortably in the cellar for a few years while gaining in savoury complexity. Hard to resist now, however. Score - 91 (John Szabo, MS, winealign.com, July 13, 2021) |
Price |
$ 22.95 |
| Bottle Size |
750 mL |
| Tasting Date |
vintages release - April 30, 2022 |
| Cases bought |
595 (12 bottles per case) |
Check LCBO Availability |
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Score: - NOT PRESENTED * Very Basic *+ OK
** Good **/**+ Very Good **+ Excellent *** Outstanding ***+ Superb
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