Pormenor Branco Reserva 2021 (750ml)
Full bottle 1,355 g. Mainly Rabigato with a little Malvasia Fina. Very old vines at 550–650 m in the Douro Superior. Spontaneous fermentation in 500- and 228-litre barrels without temperature control, no malo. 10 months on lees in the same barrels. Unfined.
Jancis Robinson: 17 Points
Even more complex than the 2022 Reserva thanks to the extra year in bottle: not just the spicy/creamy barrel and lees-ageing effect but also a toasty and cedary aroma of bottle age, and still showing plenty of fruit – like smoky grapefruit. You can see that this wine needed bottle age to blossom. Extremely high acidity is balanced by the rich flavour and almost chewy texture – and yet light on its feet thanks to the modest alcohol. Magical contrasts. Long, deep and mouth-watering with sour-fresh intensity.
