Dirceu Vianna Junior MW, Christine Allen and Valentin Radosav tasted 70 wines, with 4 Excellent and 56 Extremely beneficial.
Douro reds panel tasting scores
70 wines tasted
Distinctive 0
Excellent 4
Extremely beneficial 56
Beneficial 10
Recommended 0
Truthful 0
Poor 0
Entry standards: producers and UK brokers have been invited to submit their latest-release Douro valley reds, together with single-varietal or blended wines
It’s no secret that the Douro has been making glorious nonetheless purple wines for years. However what’s astonishing is the extent of consistency that the area has managed to realize in latest vintages – and this tasting, which featured wines from a variety of these vintages, served to verify this.
Scroll all the way down to see tasting notes and scores from the Douro purple wines panel tasting
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Douro purple wines panel tasting scores
The next wines all scored 92 factors or above
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The judges
Dirceu Vianna Junior MW is a wine author, guide and educator. Transferring to the UK from Brazil in 1989, he was a director at among the UK’s most distinguished distributors, changing into a Grasp of Wine in 2008. He’s co-author of Conheça Vinhos (‘Understanding Wine’, Senac) an awarded e book in Portuguese.
Christine Allen is advertising director for distributor Maisons Marques et Domaines. With years of expertise in each on- and off-trade, she is especially centered on Previous World areas, notably Spain, Portugal and Burgundy, and is a DWWA decide for Spain.
Valentin Radosav is a sophisticated sommelier and a DWWA decide for Portugal. Previously head sommelier at Michelin one-star Gymkhana in Mayfair, he’s now studying and growth supervisor for The Stafford lodge in London SW1.
