GENERAL INFORMATION
Estate / Producer / Brand: Quinta da Rede
Region: Baixo Corgo, Douro, Portugal
Appellation: Douro DOC
Type: Still Dry Red Wine
Vintage: 2014
Date of Tasting: December 2022
Type of viticulture: Conventional
Grapes used: Touriga Nacional 60% + Tinta Roriz 20% + Touriga Franca 20%
Blend: Mix of Hillside grapes from the same year
Winemaking details: Vegan, Gluten Free, French Oak aging
Aging: 12 months under French Oak
Sugar level: Dry (Low)
Sulphites: Contains Sulphites
APPEARANCE
- Colour = Ruby
- Intensity = Deep
NOSE
- Intensity = Medium
- Aromas Characteristics = Primary + Secondary + Tertiary
- Aromas = Redcurrant, Cranberry, Blackberry, Vanilla, Cherry
PALATE
- Sweetness = Dry
- Acidity = Medium
- Tannins = Medium (fine and well integrated)
- Alcohol = Medium (14,5°)
- Body = Medium
- Flavour Intensity = Medium+
- Flavour Characteristics = Primary + Secondary + Tertiary
- Flavour details = Redcurrant, Cranberry, Blackberry, Vanilla, Cherry, Dried Cranberry, Hint of Cloves (not found on the nose)
- Other = Long fruity and well balanced finish
- Finish = Long
GENERAL ASSESSMENT (1)
- Overall Quality = Very Very Good
- Bottle Aging =
- Can be kept at around 8°C for up to 8-12 years
- Will not gain complexity from aging
- Retail Price = euros for a 75cl individual bottle (France retail price, incl. taxes)
- Value for Money = Extremly good value for money
- Comparison with same price competition = Great quality offered compared to the competition at the same price
- Suitability for Diabetics = Suitable
- Service Temperature = around 8°C
- Suggested Food & Wine Pairing = Pasta, Meat plates (with Sauces), Beef, Deer…
- Comments = Do not expect a very powerful wine but rather a wine with a good level of intensity that will seduce you based on its incredible balance and refinement. Overall a very seducing wine thanks to its great balance, fruit intensity and enjoyable tannins. It is clearly a delicate and refined wine with a long enjoyable finish
- Final Grade = A-
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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
