(2010) Tight, citrusy, very fresh with a little minerality. Palate is fresh as a daisy with searing lemon fruit and the spritz just lifting and softening the finish. Really lemony tang.
(2010) Clean, very fresh aromas with ripe, crisp melon, little glimpses of juicy peach or nectarine, but pretty and focused. The palate has delightfully crisp character, the fruit very clean: concentration without too much extraction, and though there's a phenolic grip, it is refined and subtle and the fruit focus never blurs.
(2010) This is "Made like red wine," according to Anselmo with two days fermenting with skins then nine months in older 400 litre barrels. Big wine, with masses of ripe fruit, that leesy, skinny, ripe fruit buttressed by softening oak notes, but a very vital core of fruit. The palate full of grippy, structural fruit. Mid palate density and lovely point in the finish.
(2010) Mealy, slightly custardy notes to this with apple and pear skins coming through. Delightful palate, the textural, mealy quality of the palate matching the nose, with really quite solid, powerful fruit. This has grip, but is not harsh, with pleasing weight despite very crisp, dry, mineral acidity.
(2010) Ripe, rich nose, focused on the fruit, with quite bold, crunchy and leafy fruit. The palate has a big, pithy core of grapefruit and lemon dryness, but hold on to the fleshy richness.
(2010) Produced from vineyards near the River Minho, with bold, apple and orange zest fruit, with a very dry palate, the minerality and lean, lemony acidity scything through the quite tropical fruit character. Delicious and well balanced. 88/00.
(2010) "Higher tannins that most Pinot Noir," according to Anselmo. Ripe, buttery, but remarkably fresh with a minerality that makes it almost Graves-like, with Sémillon notes of lemon and a certain nuttiness.
(2010) Sub-region Amarante, with lots of vivid aromatics, floral lift, a hint of spearmint and juicy, bold fruit. The palate has a touch of spritz, with that fresh, sherbetty bite. Very good, fairly simple.
