GENERAL INFORMATION
Estate / Producer / Brand: Quevedo
Region: Porto, Douro, Portugal
Appellation: DO Porto
Type: Fortified Red
Vintage: Non Vintage
Date of Tasting: December 2022
Type of viticulture: Conventional
Grapes used: Touriga Nacional,Touriga Franca,Tinta Roriz,Tinto Cão,Tinta Barroca
Blend: N/A
Winemaking details: not communicated
Aging: 3 years in stainless steel tank
Sugar level: high
Sulphites: contains sulphites
APPEARANCE
- Colour = Ruby
- Intensity = Deep
NOSE
- Intensity = Medium
- Aromas Characteristics = Primary + Secondary + Tertiary
- Aromas = Cherry, Coffee, Toffee, Vanilla, Blueberry, Plum
PALATE
- Sweetness = Sweet
- Acidity = High
- Tannins = Low (Soft, Ripe)
- Alcohol = High
- Body = Full
- Flavour Intensity = Medium
- Flavour Characteristics = Primary + Secondary + Tertiary
- Flavour details = Cherry, Coffee, Toffee, Vanilla, Blueberry, Plum
- Other = disappointed nose & palate flavour intensity for a Port
- Finish = Long
GENERAL ASSESSMENT (1)
- Overall Quality = Very Good
- Bottle Aging =
- Can be kept at around 8°C for up to 5-7 years
- Will not gain complexity from aging
- Retail Price = 12 euros for a 75cl individual bottle (France retail price, incl. taxes)
- Value for Money = good value for money
- Comparison with same price competition = in line with the competition
- Suitability for Diabetics = not suitable
- Service Temperature = around 8°C
- Suggested Food & Wine Pairing = desserts, chocolate, cheese
- Comments = good wine for that price, the wine has no fault, it is just a notch lower in terms of flavour intensity
- Final Grade = B+
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(1)GENERAL ASSESSMENT GUIDE
Please note that although all efforts have been made to be as objective as possible, the general assessment inherently involves a degree of subjectivity based on a personal evaluation of the wine.
- Overall Quality scale
- Poor < Acceptable < Good < Very Good < Outstanding
- Bottle Aging
- Will it beneficiate from additional aging?
- Retail Price
- Usually the retail price for one bottle including taxes
- Value for Money
- Quality offered compared to the price paid
- Comparison with same price competition
- where does it stand compared to average competition of the same price range
- Suitability for Diabetics
- Evaluation of the level of final sugar for early stages diabetics
- Comments
- Any additional elements worth noting
- Final Grade Scale
- A++ = Out of the Charts Wine (Stellar, Hors Classe, Fuori Classe)
- A+ = Outstanding Wine
- A = Great Wine
- A- = Very Very Good
- B+ = Very Good
- B = Good
- B- = Noteworthy
- C+ = Acceptable
- C = Poor
- F = The worst grade of this scale
