Ratings

Terras de Belmonte

Winery: Adega Cooperative da Covilha

Year: 2003

Type: Red

Country: Portugal

Grape Variety: 44% Jaen, 33% Tinta Roriz, 8% Touriga Nacional, 8% Trincadeira, 7% Rufete

Note:

Alcohol: 13%

Mevushal: Yes

Date Reviewed: 12/11/06

Color: 2.5 (of 3)

Note: A nice looking medium garnet.

Aroma: 6 (of 7)

Note: A delicious scent of black cherries, pipe tobacco, oak and tea. Very nice.

Taste: 8.5 (of 10)

Note: Dry with smooth tannins that wrap around the flavors of black cherries, oak, pipe tobacco and tea. It's a smooth flavor with a wonderfully chewy texture. It's a delight! It's a very distinctive wine with a unique flavor that sets it apart from the usual fair.

Total: 17 (of 20)

Food: I emjoyed this unusual wine with a grilled tuna steak topped with salsa along with onion rings. After so many Cabernets and Chardonnays, this wine, with its unique blend of unusual grapes, is a welcome change of pace. These grapes really aren't grown anywhere else in the world in any quantity, so it's a distinctively Portuguese experience, and well worth it!

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