Quadrus Red 2015

Description

From vineyards in the heart of the Douro's historic Cima Corgo, and selected by Toronto restaurateur Tony Amaro of Opus Restaurant, this is the finest vintage yet of Quadrus to reach our shores. It's a blend of classic Douro varieties with just over half touriga nacional, 30% tinta roriz, and 15% of the dark-juiced sousão adding to the deep purple colour. The nose is a riot of ripe black and blue fruit with marked violet florality, pure and un-encumbered by wood influence. The palate is broad, balanced and fleshy with more of that pure, clean, ripe dark fruit and supple, lightly grainy tannins fully enmeshed in fruit extract. Succulent acids frame and shape the ensemble admirably. It's delicious now, but at the slow rate it seems to be evolving - showing very few signs of evolution 5 years in - I suspect this will sit comfortably in the cellar for a few years while gaining in savoury complexity. Hard to resist now, however. Score - 91. (John Szabo, MS, winealign.com, July 13, 2021)

Tags

April 30 2022, Full-bodied & Smooth, Medium-bodied & Fruity, Red Wine, Touriga Nacional/Tinta Roriz, Wine, XD - Extra Dry