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Portugal came somehow in the shadow of the many Spanish contributions of the fair. However there were some old favourites. Alvaro Castro<\/em> continues to do an excellent job near the Serra da Estrela national park. Two of my favourites are his\u00a0lovely, fresh young\u00a0Saes D\u00e3o 2015<\/strong>\u00a0from a traditional D\u00e3o blend -dark berries, mountain vegetation, a touch of spices-, and its more ambitious touriga-based brother Quinta de Saes\u00a0Reserva 2012<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

From Douro I had the pleasure to retaste one of Niepoort<\/em>‘s bestsellers, a typical Douro blend that changes its name according to market. If I remember right it started in Germany as Fabelhaft<\/strong>, and in Norway it’s translated into Fabelaktig<\/strong>, now in the 2015<\/strong> vintage. This one too is a fruity, almost silky red, with aromas of red berries, some spice and just a slightly sweet oak-tone.<\/p>\n

Lu\u00eds Seabra<\/em> was represented by Xisto\u00a0Ilimitado 2014<\/strong>. His project is characterized by a wish to express the terroir, low-intervention vinification, ageing in big, used vats. His favours were hired by Dirk Niepoort a.o., but he finally choose to go solo and made good wines from his first vintage in 2013.\u00a0This wine was dark, with cool fruitiness, a little spicy, surprisingly light, but with just enough structure to bind it nicely together. As the name suggests the wine has a mineral touch, and the acidity gives it a long and lingering farewell.<\/p>\n

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Yes, it takes a little bit of concentration<\/em><\/p>\n

Lu\u00eds Pato<\/em> was represented by no less than twelve wines. Pato lives and works in \u00d3is do Bairro in the Bairrada region, but for political reasons he chose to declassify his production some years ago. The wines are obviously at a high level, and among the many wines I appreciated this particular evening were two of his whites, the\u00a0Maria Gomes Branco 2014<\/strong>, golden, rich, glycerine-full and a hint of citrus and tropical fruits, and the\u00a0Vinhas Velhas Branco 2014<\/strong>\u00a0(50% bical, the rest sercial and sercialinho), more concentrated, slender, with notes of green apples, yellow plums and a stony minerality. Among the reds I will limit myself to mention three wines,\u00a0the Baga Natural 2012<\/strong>, a relatively new wine in the portfolio, a no-sulphur-added, expressive, fruity and a little earthy wine in the lower end of the price-scale. Another budget wine is the Colheita Seleccionada 2013<\/strong>\u00a0(baga with touriga nacional), unoaked, cherry red, with red fruits and herbs. Then there was the Vinhas Velhas 2011<\/strong>, nowadays more on the fruity side and less woody than it used to be, although it has seen big French barrels for a year. I have recently tasted ’90 and ’95 versions of the wine, both still drinking very nicely. This wine is for considerably shorter shelf-life. All right, I’ll give you one more, the always lovely Vinha Pan<\/strong>, now in the 2013<\/strong> vintage. This chalky clay-vineyard is harvested twice, first for ros\u00e9 and sparkling wines, then one and a half months later to give this red wine, relatively dark, with red fruit aromas, decadent underwood, mushrooms, and some notes in the balsamic\/lickorice direction.\u00a0Very “baga”, very good.<\/p>\n

Conventially made ports was not the focus of my visit, but I couldn’t avoid noticing that Symington was present.<\/p>\n

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In front of the Symington port table<\/em><\/p>\n

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Aftertaste: Yes, another successful fair has come to an end<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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