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| VINTAGE PORT 2017 DOP, Portugal |
| Vintage Assessments Tasting Note |
Producer |
Quinta de la Rosa |
| Originally exclusively available in the Classics Catalogue, it has been recently released in 15 Vintages stores. Extremely deep intense purple colour. Rich, intense, gently spicy, ripe, plum-cassis-black-cherry nose with some caramel fruitcake notes. Very sweet, full bodied, well structured, slightly spicy, ripe, intense, plum-crancherry-cassis flavours with a lingering, extracty, cedar-sandalwood finish. Showing nicely and will be even better in a decade from now. This field blend, mostly Touriga Nacional and Touriga Franca, has 20% alcohol and 98 g/L residual sugar with lot number L-148-19 on the lower part of the glass bottle. |
CSPC |
46586 |
| Type |
Fortified Wine |
| Agent |
Gle Win |
| Country |
Portugal |
| Region |
 |
| Rating |
***/***+(95 points)
Rich, Bright, Ripe, Well Textured, Cassis |
| LCBO Text |
Status |
Recommended by Vintage Assessments! |
| TASTING NOTE: The 2017 Vintage Port was bottled a few weeks before tasting after spending 18 months in used tonels. It is a field blend, mostly Touriga Nacional and Touriga Franca, coming in with 98 grams per liter of residual sugar. Wonderfully aromatic and filled with flavor, this got plenty of aeration and didn't blink even a little. It was still vibrant and expressive. Aeration only made it more tannic. It is also delicious. This is potentially a great Port, and it seems like the best I've seen from La Rosa. This is sort of approachable in the near future, but it really needs (at least) a decade of cellaring. It has a lot of muscle and should age well. Drink date: 2030-2075. Score - 95. (Mark Squires, robertparker.com, July 11, 2019) |
Price |
$ 53.00 |
| Bottle Size |
375 mL |
| Tasting Date |
vintages release - November 8, 2025 |
| Cases bought |
500 (1 bottles per case) |
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Score:
- Not Presented * Below Average
*+ OK
** Good
**+ Excellent
*** Outstanding
***+ Exceptional
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