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Saturday, 31 October 2009

#EWBC: Friday night – Douro Boys tasting

30 October 2009
Cristiano van Zeller: boss of the Douro Boys

The five Douro boys took centre stage tonight.

An array of stemware: the hall set up for a tasting


Francisco Olazabal and Cristiano van Zeller

VIP Hotel & Spa, Entrecampos, Lisboa:

Robert McIntosh: the shirt

We started with four 2008 whites with three impressing:

VZ Douro Branco, Quinta Vale d. Maria €25
The biggest of the whites with toasty weight but with minerality and lemony freshness in the finish.

Quinta do Crasto €9
Citric, some weight, clean, fair value

Redoma, Niepoort €12
The best of the four – ripe, rich, complexity and balance

Reds to follow:



Details of the wines tasted later today....
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2 comments:

  1. Vicky Wine31 October 2009 at 13:04

    Beautiful pictures! I think you should have a post on Rob's shirts only ... And, why not add yours too!0

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  2. Jim's Loire31 October 2009 at 17:06

    Thanks Vicky. Will see what I can do.

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