RKS 2024 Wine: Quinta Do Espírito Santo from Lisboa

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I rated the 2018 vintage an 87. How about this 2020?

Aroma: A torrent of blackberry with some blueberry, black cherry and some dark chocolate identical descriptors I used for the 2018.

Palate: The blackberry in this wine just won’t leave you alone! Blueberry too. A medium length finish. It handles its 15% alcohol well as there is no hot burn on the finish. As with the 2018 the wine is a bit gruff…a street fighting wine!

Personality: I prefer getting down to business with your palate in a direct and non pretentious manner. No need to close your eyes and spend seconds trying to unveil my soul. You get what you get and you get it almost instantly.

Cellarbility: Perhaps sitting the bottle until the end of 2025 might reduce the gruffness a bit.

Food Match: Serpa cheese with blackberry jam on the side.

Price: $15 CDN (Ontario).

RKS 2024 Wine Rating: 88/100. Wine Align 87.

(Quinta do Espírito 2020, Vinho Regional Lisboa, Casa Santa Lima-Companhia das Vinhas, Quinta da Boavista, Portugal, 750 mL, 15%).

Published by Robert K Stephen (CSW)

Robert K Stephen writes about food ,drink, travel, film, and lifestyle issues. He also has published serialized novels "Life at Megacorp", "Virus # 26, "Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog" and "The Penniless Pensioner" Robert was the first associate member of the Wine Writers’ Circle of Canada. He also holds a Mindfulness Certification from the University of Leiden and the University of Toronto. Be it Spanish cured meat, dried fruit, BBQ, or recycled bamboo place mats, Robert endeavours to escape the mundane, which is why he has established this publication. His motto is, "Have Story, Will Write."

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