Quinta Do Portal Douro Reserva 2020

93 Points Wine Enthusiast Aged in wood for nine months, this black-fruited wine has a smooth texture, just hinting at the structure. It is a rich, full wine, ready to drink from 2024.

91Points Decanter Fragrant, attractive with notes of ripe dark cherries, blackberries, chocolate and sweet spices. Ripe, rounded palate, dry tannins. Lovely sweet juicy fruit and well judged oak use.

90 Points Robert Parker's Wine Advocate The 2020 Reserva is a roughly equal blend of Touriga Nacional and Tinta Roriz, plus 15% Touriga Franca, aged for nine months in 60% new French oak. It comes in at 14.3% alcohol. This is a well-priced Reserva that shows all the elegance and refinement of the producer's regular Tinto in this report, but it seems more polished and a little more capable of aging. Most importantly, it feels deeper in terms of mouthfeel. In truth, today there isn't much gap between the two. It is also true that the price spike isn't enormous here, but bargain hunters may well be happy stopping with the regular Tinto. This Reserva still needs to demonstrate over the next few years that it is capable of more improvement. That's all potential today, but let's lean up.

90 Points Wine Spectator A fragrant red, with pure creamed black cherry and mulberry fruit flavors accented by generous fresh-chopped rosemary and oregano, cracked pink peppercorn and fresh earth notes. Bright and medium- to full-bodied, with fine, taut tannins providing good tension. Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz and Touriga Franca. Drink now through 2030. 2,770 cases made, 1,200 cases imported.