Churchill's, Churchills Estates Tinto, Douro
Churchill's · Douro › Portugal
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90
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24
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Taster #8811
· Dec 22, 2024
92/100
Pop and pour. Aromas of melted chocolate, raspberry, currant and earth. Flavors melted chocolate, cherry, raspberry, earth and fruit cake. Ends with a 20-25 second finish with chocolate and fruit cake notes. Started a little slow but came on fast.
2011 vintage
Taster #5756
· Mar 8, 2024
91/100
Outstanding, great QPR.
2011 vintage
Taster #8381
· Mar 3, 2024
91/100
Excellent deep and rich red.
2011 vintage
Taster #9960
· Feb 16, 2023
89/100
Wow still delicious PnP with a few swirls and presto
2011 vintage
Taster #9960
· Dec 12, 2020
87/100
Medium purple with garnet. Green with bright red fruit. Palate is green cherry and pepper spice. Moderate to high acid and fine tannins. Long finish. Opened 1 hour prior.
2011 vintage
Taster #2078
· Nov 1, 2020
90/100
Pnp. Opaque. Holding the glass up to the computer screen as I was typing I could not see anything on the screen the wine was so dark. On opening this is not aromatically generous. Coaxing out flavors of clove, crushed blackberries, smoked cherry wood, and lilac, but nothing really bursts forward. On the palate this has integrated tannin and fading but perceptible acidity. Black currant with pepper when it first hits, but then coasts along with dried herbs, tobacco leaf, …
2011 vintage
Taster #0975
· Aug 6, 2020
90/100
At end of its drinking window and after a few hours in the air the fruit was fading. Drink up. The first 30 minutes the wine was a 91-92 point wine but faded to a 90 pointer. First 30 minutes plenty of overripe black and red fruits with some dried herbs and sweet Oak. After few hours the fruit was more muted and the herbs, tannins and Oak stepped up a bit too much to retains its score.
2011 vintage
Taster #1688
· May 5, 2020
91/100
Consistent with prior note.
2011 vintage
Taster #7564
· Apr 6, 2020
92/100
Amazing qpr - Touriga blend, could fool you for a Cab / Merlot blend. Rich mouthfeel. Something slightly green up front, followed by chocolate covered dark dried sour cherry.
2011 vintage
Taster #0161
· Jan 30, 2020
92/100
Last bottle of my case and the wine is still drinking very well.
2011 vintage
Taster #5711
· Jun 9, 2019
91/100
Same notes
2011 vintage
Taster #3714
· May 27, 2019
89/100
Sur le chocolat, les prunes et l'anis. Long avec des tanins charnus et une finale capiteuse.
2011 vintage
Taster #1688
· Jan 28, 2019
91/100
Smoky and earthy. Good body. Interesting.
2011 vintage
Taster #5711
· Sep 2, 2018
91/100
Licorice, floral, chocolate, some spicy notes. Still needs a few years. Lots of potential in this one!
2011 vintage
Taster #5052
· Jun 20, 2018
88/100
Nose: Dark and ripe floral fruit mixed with earth/soil, a soft spice, and slight oak. Palate: Good Earth-like taste.. imagine soil in a well shaded forest floor with some tree bark chips, decent amount of acidity with some oak taste. Deep ruby colored. Decent finish of about 3+ seconds, medium plus body with grippy tannin. There's a dark fruit in there that I am not quite sure on how to describe but it's enjoyable. I haven't tried much from the …
2011 vintage
Taster #3451
· Oct 3, 2017
92/100
No decant. Pop and pour. Really spectacular
2011 vintage
Taster #8811
· May 20, 2017
93/100
Pretty much a pop and pour. Aromas of raspberry, cherry, brambleberry, flowers and touch of herb. Flavors of raspberry, cherry, earth and and touch of mocha. Ends with 30+ second finish. Good stuff.
2011 vintage
Taster #9889
· Jul 9, 2016
Big wine, I think this has a lot of potential and needs a lot of air at this stage. Flavorful and complex, I will try my other bottle after a few more years in the cellar. 91-92
2011 vintage
Taster #0634
· Jun 6, 2016
89/100
Opaque purple/black color turning violet at the rim with a reflective edge. The nose shows ripe dark fruit made in the modern style with high octane that lifts smoky notes of cayenne and cocoa. The palate is full-bodied, dense and linear, showing a modern and polished mouthfeel. Flavors of dark cherry, plum, mocha, and smoke. The mid palate is bold and shows promise, yet at this stage hasn't opened up. Finishes a bit short at the moment with hints of …
2011 vintage
Taster #6116
· May 1, 2016
92/100
really good, rich yet balanced. great value.
2011 vintage
Taster #8742
· Apr 26, 2016
90/100
The aromas are quite simply put, gorgeous, with blackberry, cassis, and cocoa; these smells follow on the palate adding plum, and vanilla to the mix ... But the take away here is all that gorgeous dark fruit both on the nose and in the mouth.
2011 vintage
Taster #7299
· Apr 14, 2016
91/100
Was even better on second night.
2011 vintage
Taster #7500
· Mar 31, 2016
Simple and generic upon opening, with some air this blossomed into an interesting and unusual wine, showing incense, floral perfume, and roast beef (!). Acidity is fairly low, so this would present a difficult food match, but it's delightful, and a change of pace, to drink on its own. It's akin to a feminine Northern Rhone with less acid and tannins.
2011 vintage
Taster #4325
· Feb 26, 2016
90/100
A concentrated, flavorful wine - pushes the boundaries of syrup-like shiraz, so you have to be in the mood for it.
2011 vintage
Taster #2237
· Feb 8, 2016
91/100
This continues to improve with age as it adds complexity and becomes smoother, but still maintains its structure. A Douro that is built to please for many years to come!
2011 vintage
Taster #3852
· Feb 26, 2012
88/100
Love this wine. Churchill Estates makes such good port and table wine. Really ages well! One bottle left.
2004 vintage