Joao Portugal Ramos Vinho Regional Alentejano Marquês de Borba Reserva

The nose starts with ripe blueberries and minty chocolate, transits to toasted spices, leather, nutty and cedary undertones after sometime in the glass. Very fresh and laser sharp minerality on the deep and long palate. Leaner than what the nose suggests. More cherries than blueberries fruits. Medium-bodied with acidity running through the core of the structure. Finish is grippy, clean and persistent, just lacking some fruit density. Still evolving. This will be drinking well for the next 5 years and …