GENERAL INFORMATION
Estate / Producer / Brand: Quinta de la Rosa
Region: Porto, Douro, Portugal
Appellation: DOC Porto
Type: Fortified Red wine
Vintage: 2010
Date of Tasting: November 2022 – Bottle
Type of viticulture: Traditional
Grapes used: Traditional red blend (Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Sousão & Tinta Roriz)
Blend: N/A
Winemaking details: not communicated
Aging: not communicated
Sugar level: high
Sulphites: contains sulphites
APPEARANCE
- Colour = Garnet
- Intensity = Medium
NOSE
- Intensity = Pronounced
- Aromas Characteristics = Primary + Secondary + Tertiary
- Aromas = Cooked Cherry, Caramel, Liquorice, Vanilla, Eucalyptus, Coffee, Plum
PALATE
- Sweetness = Sweet
- Acidity = Medium+
- Tannins = Medium+ (fine grained & soft)
- Alcohol = High (20°)
- Body = Full
- Flavour Intensity = Pronounced
- Flavour Characteristics = Primary + Secondary + Tertiary
- Flavour details = Cooked Cherry, Caramel, Liquorice, Vanilla, Eucalyptus, Coffee, Plum, Dried Fig
- Other = well integrated aged tannins, complex aromatics
- Finish = Long
GENERAL ASSESSMENT (1)
- Overall Quality = Very Very Good
- Bottle Aging =
- Can be kept at around 12°C for up to 15-20 years
- Will develop further complexity through aging
- Retail Price = 40 euros for a 50cl individual bottle (France retail price, incl. taxes)
- Value for Money = if found below 40 euros, it will be a great bargain
- Comparison with same price competition = very good quality
- Suitability for Diabetics = Not suitable
- Service Temperature = around 15-16°C
- Suggested Food & Wine Pairing = chocolate, premium aged cheese + nuts
- Comments = great complexity, well balanced, enjoyable bouquet
- 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
