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Adega Mãe Dory Reserva White (Lisboa)

Adega Mãe

Portugal

Fact sheet

Type
Other
Grape
Viosinho, Alvarinho, Chardonnay
Country
Portugal
Appellation
Lisboa
Body
medium
Acidity
high
Tannin
high
Sweetness
dry

Food pairing

peixe grelhado · frutos do mar · saladas · queijos moles

Rated vintages

  • 201592 pts

    Perfumed floral and spice aromas give this wine its great character. It is a rich blend of Viosinho, Alvarinho and Chardonnay, ripe and full of spice, rounded apple and golden-plum flavors and cut with citrus acidity. This fine wine will be better from 2018.

  • 201492 pts

    This is a smooth creamy blend of Viosinho, Alvarinho and Chardonnay. It is delicately poised, just hinting at vanilla while really emphasizing the crisp, clean and refreshing fruits. Acidity and a final orange zest flavor give it a refreshing aftertaste.

  • 201392 pts

    Large French oak barrels were used to ferment this toasty, ripe wine, which boasts notes of stone fruit and citrus. A mix of cool-climate Portuguese grapes and Chardonnay, it will smooth out and become rich and complex with time; drink after 2016.

  • 201293 pts

    With winemakers Anselmo Mendes and Diogo Lopes, there is a good pedigree to this wine. It shows in the dark tannins, the rich fruit and the concentrated structure. The wine is rich with great power although that is mitigated by the acidity and fresh aftertaste. The wine is, of c…

  • 201192 pts

    This is a strongly tannic, obviously wood-aged wine. The black fruits are paralleled by the new-wood toastiness, which gives a vanilla flavor. With top Portuguese consultant Anselmo Mendes involved, the wine has style as well as weight and dense fruit. Give it several years to m…