Wine Reviews – Sherries and Ports
Mike’s Bottom Line Wine Reviews
Mike has tasted each of these wines. Each review contains the appearance; the smell; the taste; and a bottom line evaluation of the quality.
The quality is rated on a scale of:
Poor – don’t recommend (run!)
Acceptable – okay (close your eyes and hope)
Good – high quality (I think)
Outstanding – among the best (The best of what? That’s another question.)
I know what you’re thinking…this is such a long list I don’t know how I can get through it. Do your best.
Listed by Price from Lowest to Highest
Non-Vintage Savory & James Fino Sherry (Jerez Spain) (Palomino Fino Grapes) $12.99 – pale lemon color; pronounced smell of mineral, medicinal oak and stony/steely aromas; light body taste of stone and medicinal oak; Good Classic Spanish Fino Sherry (Considering how many people are on prescription drugs this one is a no-brainer)
2000 Quinta Noval Late Bottled Vintage Port (Porto Portugal) (Quinta do Noval Grapes) $19.99 – deep ruby color; medium smell of black and white pepper, blackcurrant and black cherry; medium to full body taste of ginger, liquorice, pepper and blackcurrant; Good Port (The Brits would be proud)
Non-Vintage L’Etoile Banyuls Roussillon France) (Grenache and Carignan Grapes) $22.99 – deep ruby to garnet color; medium smell of raisin and prune; heavy sweet taste of raisin and prune; Acceptable Fortified French Dessert Wine (Hey, raisins for dessert isn’t bad, don’t you think?)
