Brizard Roma
Brizard Roma is a brand registered by Douro Wine Shippers and Growers Association, but it is not known if it was originally a port wine house, was the Buyer's own brand or a brand that belonged to Douro Wine Shippers and Growers Association. Douro Wine Shippers and Growers mostly shipped private-labelled Port for their European clients, and in many cases used the Buyer's own brand (BOB).
| Brizard Roma Vintages: | 1978, 1979, 1982 |
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| House | Brizard Roma Douro Wine Shippers and Growers Association | Vintage | 1978 |
| Colour | Mature yellow quite attractive in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Cacao, chocolate, toffee and old grocery shop in the nose. | Score range | 16.50 - 16.50 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature and peaking with still some old quite delicate acidity. Balanced and very elegant and tasty with cacao, toffee and old grocery shop. The finish is quite long and attractive. Easy to enjoy and will probably not be better so drink it up. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 10th November 2018 | Point this date | 16.50 |
| Comment | At home with the family and some Wines Friends. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Brizard Roma Douro Wine Shippers and Growers Association | Vintage | 1979 |
| Colour | Yellow mature and attractive in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Ginger, cacao, dark chocolate, sweet liquorice, cream toffee and spiciness in the nose. | Score range | 16.40 - 16.40 |
| Taste | Hardy medium body. Mature and peaking. Very sweet but balanced with a nice and very delicate acidity. Sweet liquorice, cacao, chocolate, lovely spiciness and sweet liquorice in taste with a long, very rich finish | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 20th April 2019 | Point this date | 16.40 |
| Comment | Tasted at home with the family | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Brizard Roma Douro Wine Shippers and Growers Association | Vintage | 1982 |
| Colour | Yellow mature in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Lovely and generous bouquet of spiciness, candy, ginger and some liquorice in the nose. | Score range | 16.75 - 16.75 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature and on top. Very concentrated and intensive port with taste of candy, ginger and some spiciness. Complex and very elegant but with some old balanced acidity. Very sweet indeed with a long and very attractive, sweet finish. Will not be better but is astonishing now and very easy to drink and like. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 25th December 2017 | Point this date | 16.75 |
| Comment | At home with the family. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |