The Essence of Wine this afternoon elected the
Top 10 Portuguese Wines.
This is an election that
left a considerable number
of wines to reach a semifinal round of 41 wines.
The Grand Final was decided, always in a blind
tasting by a panel of national and international experts. And
the results are: Best White Wine, Redoma Reserva
2008; Best Red Wine, Quinta do Crasto Maria
Teresa Vineyard 2007;
Best Port, Warre's
Vintage 2007. The 7 reds scorers, in descending order, are the Avidagos Quinta
Grande Reserva 2007, Matilde Malhadinha 2007,
Quinta do Couquinho Grande Reserva 2007, Charme
2007, Scala Coeli,
2007, Quinta da Touriga
Chã 2007 and Quinta
do Vale Meão 2007 .
We will talk about each one of this Top Ten List.