Portugal old and new – the tasting notes

Here, in the order served, are my tasting notes on all the wines included in the fascinating tasting of Portuguese wines in Dü

sseldorf in March described here.

Carlos Quintas opened all the Bairradas the day before the tasting and everything else first thing that morning. I tasted from about 12.30 until 4pm.

He gave every flight a name, and listed most wines with the name of the producer or winemaker first. The underlined wines were included in the tastings I did for my earlier book of tasting notes on Portuguese wines with my original scores in (brackets)...