Spanish & Portuguese Wine News 3/1/12: Portuguese News, Finally!

By: Joe Manekin

K&L Spanish & Portuguese Wine Buyer

Greetings all,

This week, we are making up for lost time, giving Portugal its well deserved propers.   With about a decade of age on them, the wines below from Quinta dos Roques and Quinta das Maias, in the Dao region, should appeal to the more curious amongst you and those of you who, like me, love to see how wines develop after years of bottle age.  In the Dao, it is more common to see red wines with moderate alcohol (typically 13-13.5%), good acidity, and obvious minerality than in the wines of their northern neighbors in the Douro.  You may remember the 03 Quinta dos Roques Reserva we offered some time ago.  These wines are a little spendier but arguably more mineral, more youthful tasting, more interesting.  Quinta dos Roques also produces a lovely, refreshing white wine with a sneaky ability to age gracefully at least 5-6 years beyond the vintage.

2010 Quintas dos Roques Encruzado Dao - $16.99

http://www.klwines.com/detail.asp?sku=1086754

2002 Quinta das Maias Jaen Dao - $18.99

http://www.klwines.com/detail.asp?sku=1086752

2003 Quinta dos Roques Touriga Nacional Dao - $19.99

http://www.klwines.com/detail.asp?sku=1086753

Saude (that's "Salud" in Portuguese),

Joe

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Joe Manekin

Spanish, Portuguese, Latin American Wine Buyer

K&L Wine Merchants

Ph: 877.559.4637 ext. 2748

joemanekin@klwines.com

Comments

[Food and Wine Portugal]

Hi Joe,

I'm lucky enough to live in Portugal and have wonderful wine like this at my (low cost) disposal. Do many of the everyday (cheap) PT wines make it to your shores - Monte Velho, Mareques de Borba etc ?

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