2015 Quinta dos Roques Encruzado
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Tasted blind. First bottle: slight TCA. Second bottle: pale straw. Light but distinctive nose. Rather insipid. But an interesting nutty texture and real grip on the end. Gluey end. Interesting! Ambitious. Almonds. Polished. (JR)
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Jancis Robinson MW
Mark Squires
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The 2015 Encruzado is half aged in stainless steel, the other half for seven months in 80% new French oak. It comes in at 14.1% alcohol but doesn't seem nearly that big, thanks to the balance and acidity. This is rather crisp for the grape, especially with some oak treatment, and it has a fresh and lively feel once past the cream. Still a bit disjointed, with the capability of improving with another year or two in the cellar, it should easily hold a decade, maybe quite a bit more, if you like them on the older side. This is well done and it should be a great food wine.