Quinta da Romaneira - Douro Reserva - 2018

Quinta da Romaneira

Douro Reserva 2018

Deep, dark cherry colour, like black-cherry skins, with purple rim. Smoky, dusty, Douro-like character infusing the black fruit. A touch of smoky reduction, perhaps. It is marked by the oak at the moment but the tannins are super-fine. The charry savour doesn’t overpower the fruit but this needs patience. Embryonic elegance enhanced by a slight herbal freshness on the finish, even though it is fully ripe – as if there had been a small whole-bunch component. Very good balance suggests an ageworthy wine. (JH)

Julia Harding, January 2021


À propos de Jancis Robinson

Described by Decanter magazine as 'the most respected wine critic and journalist in the world', Jancis writes daily for JancisRobinson.com (voted first-ever Wine Website of the Year in the Louis Roederer International Wine Writers Awards 2010), weekly for The Financial Times, and bi-monthly for a column that is syndicated around the world. She is also editor of The Oxford Companion to Wine, co-author with Hugh Johnson ofThe World Atlas of Wine and co-author of Wine Grapes - A complete guide to 1,368 vine varieties, including their origins and flavours, each of these books recognised as a standard reference worldwide.