Alves de Sousa, Quinta Gaivosa, Douro

Alves de Sousa · Douro › Portugal

Red · Red Blend
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LWIN 1250480
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91 /100
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8
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Taster #6381 · Feb 4, 2017
92/100
Très beau nez complexe. Équilibre en bouche. Fruits noir, cuir, petit côté empyreumatique très plaisant. Buvabilité++. Acidité+. Peut tenir encore quelques années. Fondue d'orignal.
2005 vintage
Taster #4016 · Jan 16, 2016
89/100
“G8 summit – A journey on the Duero-Douro-River” (blind), Wine 16: The wine offered floral notes, red fruit, leather, spices and clove on the slightly reduced nose. On the palate the wine showed red fruit, coffee, spices, cinnamon and meaty notes, with fresh, medium-plus acidity, well-integrated, medium to medium-plus tannin and superb length. A good end to a great evening!
1994 vintage
Taster #5200 · Feb 21, 2015
Full bodied. Black fruits. Fits with strong tasting vegetables like garlic and artichoke
2005 vintage
Taster #5200 · Nov 9, 2014
Smell: rosted wood, dryed fruits Taste: caramel, smoke (similar to whisky), little chocolate One of my favorites
2005 vintage
Taster #5200 · Jul 26, 2014
Needs decanting! Lots of tannins without. Sour without decanting, decanted full bodied
2005 vintage
Taster #8018 · Sep 26, 2013
92/100
Decanted ca 1,5 hours. On the nose quite pleasant dark fruit, sous-bois and a whiff of oak. Medium bodied, soft and supple, delivering beautiful mellow dark fruit with firm and smooth tannins and good acidic structure. A hint of funky earth on the finish.Great balance. Wow! A nicely matured wine drinking perfectly now. Drink or hold for a couple of years.
2005 vintage
Taster #5132 · Aug 29, 2013
92/100
Very enjoyable wine. Lovely bright and deep fruits, interesting deliniated nose and a very pleasant drop all around
2005 vintage
Taster #8947 · Apr 5, 2013
95/100
Deep coloured, very beautiful nose of mature dark fruits, some floral notes, some spices like cinnamon. Very nice body, full but with elegance, with multiple layers of taste profile on the palate. Long lingering finish, balanced acidity, beautiful wine that I truly enjoyed.
2005 vintage
Taster #6093 · Oct 2, 2012
91/100
Enjoyed this quite a lot, good balance showing only moderate signs of a hot climate, really elegant for the region and good pure red fruits winning the Battle from the stewed fruits Has the stuffing to age
2005 vintage
Taster #4950 · Aug 17, 2011
89/100
Natural wines at a late summer garden tasting (garden tasting) : fine, very rich - fun wine.
2005 vintage
Taster #2546 · Apr 5, 2010
91/100
Wines of Portugal Annual Grand Tasting (168 wines tasted) (Westin St. Francis, 32nd Imperial Floor, San Francisco, California) : Ripe berry, herbal, plum nose; tart berry, herbal, tart mulberry palate with good balance; medium-plus finish 91+ pts.
2005 vintage