Wines & Winemakers Aguia Moura em Vinhas Velhas Reserva Red (Douro)

Ficha técnica

Tipo

Red

Uva

Portuguese Red

País

Portugal

Denominação

Douro

Corpo

full

Acidez

high

Tanino

medium

Doçura

dry

Safras avaliadas

• 201689 pts

  This crisp, clean and ripe wine is finely balanced. The toastiness from wood aging in new barrels is balanced with the rich citrus and sliced apple and a tight, mineral character. This is a full-bodied wine needing a few more months to age. Drink from 2018.

• 201490 pts

  With minty wood flavors, this wine is smooth and polished. It offers berry fruits from the blend of 10 varieties in this old-vine vineyard. With spice and some firm tannins in the background, it is ready to drink.

• 201387 pts

  Old vines on schist soil have produced a wine that is so concentrated. It is spoilt by some bitter extract that comes from wood aging as much as from the fruit. If that softens, the wine will become rich and generous. Wait until 2017.

• 201291 pts

  This is a juicy, dense wine from João Silva e Sousa and Francisco Baptista that is packed with dark, steely tannins. A field blend of 10 Douro red varieties, with 12 months of wood aging, it's ripe in sweet, rich red fruits that are balanced by intense acidity. Still young, the…

• 201193 pts

  A powerfully constructed wine, it is packed with fruit and tannins. With a leather and spice character, it shows a dry texture while the black plum skin flavors are still developing. The future holds rich fruitiness as well as a solid, concentrated structure. Drink from 2017.

• 200993 pts

  This is a smooth, impressively rich wine powered by silky tannins and ripe black fruits. The palate is intensely concentrated with a big, bold structure and a solid feel. It does need some aging, so drink from 2016.

• 200892 pts

  A powerful and concentrated wine, this shows the region's dark and tannic side. The black plum and juicy black-currant flavors shine, and wood aging has smoothed the palate, which makes it feel dense and fully mature.