RKS 2025 Wine: Bargain Priced Portuguese Wine: Evel Tinto from the Douro

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The Evel “brand” was born in 1913.

The grapes in this Evel Tinto are from three different quintas two of which are cool climate and the third warm climate. It is a blend of Tinta Roriz (30%), Touriga Franca (30%), Tinta Barroca (30%) and Touriga Nacional (10%). Fermentation was in stainless steel vats and was aged in French oak vats for eight months prior to bottling.

At $14.95 what quality can it deliver? Plenty.

Aroma: Raspberry, black cherry, dried cranberry, blueberry with discrete oak notes.

Palate: Creeping but gentle tannins. Smooth with just the tiniest edge to it particularly on its moderately long finish. Strawberry and raspberry with just a hint of raspberry jam. The wine on the palate seems more leaning towards excellent structure as opposed to a plenitude of fruits.

Personality: Smooth operator I am. Not elegant just smooth and easy down the hatch.

Food Match: Cod in a tomato sauce with onions, garlic, capers and olives. Perhaps with the never-ending number of recipes in Portugal for bacalhau perhaps what is described above can be a bacalhau! Red wine with fish? Certainly, with many bacalhau variations!

Cellarbility: Consume in 2025.

Price: $14.95 CDN.

RKS 2025 Wine Rating: 88/100. Wine Align community score 88.

(Evel Tinto 2021 Douro, Douro D.O.C., Real Companhia Vela, V.N.D.G, Portugal, 750 ml, 13.5%).

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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