/B+
Tasting Note: Muscat Beaumes de Venise, Domaine des Bernardins, 2019
Comments = good value for money
Final Grade = B+
/B+
Wines Graded B+
/B+
Tasting Note: Blandy’s Madeira, Malmsey, 5 years
Comments = good value for money
Final Grade = B+
/B+
Tasting Note: Madere Cruz
Comments = difficult to ask more from a 8 euros wine. This wine will mainly offer you a great price and then some quality related to that price. If you are on a budget, it is a no brainer choice for enjoying an evening with your friends
Final Grade = B+
/B+
Tasting Note: Porto Quevedo, 20 years Tawny Port
Comments = great complexity, well balanced, long finish
Final Grade = B+
/B+
Tasting Note: Late Bottled Vintage Porto, 2014, Quinta do Noval
Comments = Need further aging to develop its full potential and smooth its tannins
Final Grade = B+
/B+
Tasting Note: Graham’s Vintage Porto 2010, Quinta dos Malvedos
Comments = has a good potential for developing complex tertiary aromas through aging. (Tasted while still young, if drinked after 10+ additional aging, this wine would probably be graded as a A- wine)
Final Grade = B+
/B+
Tasting Note: Lustau (Xeres), Oloroso, Don Nuno, Seco
Comments = dense mouth but well balanced with a long finish
Final Grade = B+
/B+
Tasting Note: Tio Diego, Amontillado, Valdespino, Dry Sherry
Comments = is it reasonable to expect more from a 6 euros wine?
Final Grade = B+
/B+
Tasting Note: Lambrusco di Sorbara, Secco, Cantina di Sorbara
Comments = this wine offers a good expression of a Lambrusco di Sorbara DOC (not to be confused with cheap & industrial Lambrusco). It is very fruity (mainly cherry) with no secondary aromas and a lighter body than Lambrusco Salamino DOC and Lambrusco Grasparossa di Castelvetro DOC. This Lambrusco di Sorbara can be considered a classic example of a traditional Lambrusco (this DOC is the most renowned of the 3)
Final Grade = B+
/B+
Tasting Note: Castello Bonomi, Franciacorta, Saten, 2016
Comments = this wine offers a very good expression of what a Saten Franciacorta should look like. The Medium+ finish and the lack of tertiary aromas (despite long aging) prevents it from having a better grade (but note than in that case, the price should be around 45 euros)
Final Grade = B+