20 Year Old Tawny Port by Ramos Pinto's Quinta do Bom Retiro

Otto Nieminen · Post by **Otto Nieminen** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 2:25 pm

Adriano Ramos Pinto Porto 20 Year Old Tawny Quinta do Bom Retiro (bottled 2007)

The nose is lovely. It is elegantly woody, deliciously nutty and has a delightful floral/rose petal note also. The palate is medium-bodied, in the middle of the sweetness-spectrum of Ports, with lively acidity. This is a very elegant style of Port and one that is very much to my taste. It shows the fruit of a younger Tawny and the elegance of the older one but without the overt woodiness that I often find in older Tawnies. I have never understood points, so will not give any, but I will say that I very much love this wine.

Gustavo Devesas · Post by **Gustavo Devesas** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 3:14 pm

This is my reply:

Quinta do Vallado 20 years old

PS: For me the Ramos Pinto as well as the Duque de Bragança - Ferreira Tawny 20y are the 2 bests from big Company...after Vallado in 1st and the São Leonardo 20years in 2nd of course! :twisted:

Otto Nieminen · Post by **Otto Nieminen** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 1:23 pm

I don't remember tasting either the Vallado or the São Leonardo. (The São Leonardo 40YO was very nice though!) But I do agree that the Duque de Bragança is great. Unfortunately the only two 20YO available here are this Ramos Pinto and Sandeman's - both are nice, however, so no problem.

Do I remember correctly that S. Leonardo used to provide grapes for the Sandeman's Tawny?

-Otto-

Post by **Andy Velebil** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 8:12 pm

Ahh yes, those S. Leonardo's are very tasty. I've tried the 20,30,and 40 and all were very good. But the 40 year old just blew me away and I normally prefer most 30 year old to 40 year olds....so that is saying a lot for their Ports.

FWIW, The 30 year old came from mostly one barrel from 1972.