Niepoort Redoma Tinto 2019
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The Redoma Tinto 2019 has plenty of individuality to offer, with a splendid concentrated purple color and deeply austere aromas. Complex and profound spicy notes are complemented by the subtle vegetal hints which are so typical of the Tinta Amarela grape variety. Its expressive nose also shows floral notes which harmonize superbly with the wine's minerality. The Redoma offers good palate weight with a distinct elegance thanks to its firm acidity and pleasant hints from the inclusion of stalks. Despite the wine's youth, it already shows fantastic precision and great balance due to the long barrel maturation period. The finish is very long and persistent - this is a wine that will certainly age beautifully in the bottle.
Robert Parker 94-96 Points "The 2019 Redoma is a field blend of typical grapes aged for 20 months in large and old wooden vats. It comes in at just 13% alcohol. This was the final blend and out of the cask, but it was a couple of weeks from bottling when seen. Not showing any more stuffing than the Vertente, this does show more finesse. It has a silky texture and impressive lift to the fruit. The structure here is better too, and that lift makes this fresh red a wine that will be a pleasure to drink. It's enlivening and almost mouthwatering. It will pair perfectly with food and age effortlessly. You can drink this young, as it is very refined, but the power does come out with air, so that would be a mistake. Giving it a few years in the cellar would be nice, for it and for you."
James Suckling
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Lots of dark berries, black cherries and blackberries with just a note of olives. Full-bodied with plenty of fruit, yet there’s freshness and vibrancy with a nice, linear flow running through it. Drink or hold.
Vinous
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The 2019 Redoma comes from 70-year-old vines overlooking the Douro River, a blend of Tinta Amarela, Touriga Franca, Touriga Nacional, Tinto Roriz and Tinto Cao aged for 22 months in used wooden barrels. This is elegant on the nose, more floral than the Batuta. Morello cherries commingling with fireside hearth, camphor and light gravelly scents remind me of Pessac-Leognan. The palate is slightly more structured than expected, clean and delineated, focused with a dash of allspice and sage towards the finish that lingers tenderly in the mouth. The 2019 is deceptively approachable, yet it has enough substance to age well for over two decades, 23,000 bottles produced.