Quinta do Portal Grande Reserva 2009

The 2009 GRANDE RESERVA is 60% Touriga Nacional, 30% Tinta Roriz and 10% Touriga Franca, all aged in new French oak for 12 months. If the oak was too obvious on the first look, this wine is making it pretty clear now that it will pull itself together. Dense and concentrated, it is both full bodied and nicely structured, with the potential still for notable improvement in the cellar. It is quite unevolved and you would be well advised to hold it a few years. It will likely round into good form around 2015-2017. It should be a nice prize in time and may eventually deserve another uptick in score, becoming a contender for the best Grande Reserve Portal has made. Drink 2014-2024. Score - 92. (Mark Squires, erobertparker.com, Dec. 2012)