Torga
Roseira & Ricou Lda
Founded |
1995 |
Owner |
Roseira & Ricou |
Vintage Port Brands |
Torga |
The company was founded in 1995 by José Alexandre Roseira and Emanuel Ricou. This is maybe the smallest vineyard to produce vintage port in Douro and made exclusively from Quinta de Fojo.
Vintage Port tasting notes:
House | Torga | Vintage | 1995 |
Colour | Dark blue in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
Bouquet | Dark berry and fruit in the nose. | Score range | |
Taste | Medium body. Immature but quite drinkable. Easy to like. Fruity flavour. Still a way to go but no long runner. Nice finish. | Average score | |
Last tasted | 20th September 2002 | Point this date | 14.75 |
Comment | The Danish Port Wine Club est. 1981 tasting in Copenhagen.
| Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
House | Torga | Vintage | 1997 |
Colour | Dark blue almost black in colour. | Number of tastings | 3 |
Bouquet | Fruit and dark berry in the nose. | Score range | 14.50 - 14.75 |
Taste | Medium body. Immature and still some tannin. Dark berry in taste. Taste a bit odd and the finish maybe not quite acceptable but easy to swallow. | Average score | 14.58 |
Last tasted | 23rd October 2013 | Point this date | 14.50 |
Comment | The Danish Port Wine Club est. 1981 tasting in Copenhagen.
| Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
House | Torga | Vintage | 2000 |
Colour | Black in colour. | Number of tastings | 2 |
Bouquet | Juicy, fruity and dark berry in the nose. | | |
Taste | Medium body Immature and lots of tannin. Very fruity in flavour. Quite hard to swallow. Quite promising and good finish. | | |
Last tasted | 22nd October 2002 | Rating this date | Very Good |
Comment | The Port Wine Festival in Copenhagen.
Port so young we evaluate only as : Good – Very good- Impressive – Very Impressive | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |