The accidental drinker

Wine talk and reviews by an accidental drinker

Quinta dos Termos, Reserva do Patrão, Beira Interior 2016, Portugal

Posted on March 6, 2020 by richardgore1200

You can get poor Portuguese wine, I can’t think I’ve actually drunk the bad stuff, yet. Is this the time ?

On the nose you get jammy black fruit with a little vanilla and spice. This is a full bodied wine with a decent amount of oak and ripe cherry, blackberry, some very nice fruit characters in there.

With or without food this is a very good wine. Fresh bread and a selection of cheeses made a great combination for this wine. A good old fashion steak and chips would be another great combination. At about £10 a bottle its good value.

Quinta dos Termos, Reserva do Patrão, Beira Interior 2016, Portugal

Quinta do Pégo Douro DOP, 2015, Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca and Sousão, Portugal

Posted on November 19, 2019 by richardgore1200

Made from Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca and Sousão grapes this is a portuguese red that is pretty good, really rather good. I could say excellent but if I did that you may not read any further.

This has a rich, ruby colour. Theres are red and black berry flavours with oaky over tones from spending 12 months in french oak. The tannins are of medium intensity but are soft and well integrated. Its a little too dry when drunk on its own but beautiful when drunk with a steak. Its probably great with other meats but steak does it for me.

It’s hard to get a bad bottle of red from Portugal in the UK, it’s more of a case of how good. At £15 a bottle this is very good but drink with food.

Quinta do Pégo Douro DOP 2015 red from Portugal