Essence of Wine -Porto elects the “Top 10 of Portuguese Wines” – Newspapers Hardmusica

The Essence of Wine, an international event held in Porto until Sunday, February 28, already elected the Top10 of Portugeses Wines

Alentejo red, a white Douro and Madeira wine are the big winners of the competition with an international jury.

the invited international jury of the 13th edition of the “Essence of Wine -Porto “did not hesitate in choosing

red wine Julius B. Bastos Grande Reserva Alicante Bouschet 2012 (produced in Estremoz, Alentejo, the producer Julio Bastos, Quinta Dona Maria), white Mirabilis Grand Reserve 2014 (prepared in Quinta Nova de Our Lady. do Carmo in the Douro) and fortified wine Henriques Henriques Black Ink 50 years (one Madeira wine, house Henriques Henriques) are the big winners of the competition “Top 10 Portuguese Wines”.

the event took place on Thursday morning, the charismatic and unique Arab Hall of the Palacio da Bolsa, hours before opening to the public event “Essence of wine- Port”.

More than 30 judges from 13 nations (Germany, Brazil, South Korea, Denmark, Spain, France, Holland, Hong Kong, Poland, UK, Romania, Switzerland and, of course, Portugal) between journalists, bloggers, sommeliers and wine educators, proved a total of 53 wines, pre-selected by the specialized magazine WINE -. the Essence of Wine, taking into account the best ratings given by the evidence panel of publication wines evaluated in 2015

in blind probation without prior knowledge of the wine which was to be proved, most of the international group of guests from the new edition of “Essence of wine – Port.” evaluated them one last time

we in total, 31 red wines, 13 fortified wines (Port, Madeira and Moscatel) and nine white wines.

the white wines and fortified wines obtained very high scores, so the “Top 10 Portuguese wines” turned out to be composed of a total of four red wines, three white wines and three fortified wines

in addition to the big winners already mentioned, the red wines category Quinta da Touriga Chã 2013 (Jorge Rosas, Douro) was in the second position, followed by Lordelo Vineyard 2011 (Domingos Alves de Sousa, Douro) and the Malhadinha 2013 (the Malhadinha Estate, (Malhadinha Nova, Regional Alentejo).

in white wines, the second position was shared by wine Soalheiro Albariño First Vineyards 2014 (Vinussoalleirus, Vinho Verde) and Quinta dos Carvalhais Special White (Sogrape, Dan).

Finally, in the fortified, the second position is shared by the Port wine Barros Harvest 1938 (Sogevinus) and wine Moscatel JMF Alambre 40 Years Moscatel (José Maria da Fonseca).

Essence of wine-Port ends on Sunday 28 February.