Quinta de Roriz – Vintage Port Douro 2011 (750ml)

Sometimes less is more. This is the least ambitious wine in the Prats & Symington stable and, in 2011, it’s the most beautiful. It starts out with spice, a slightly muddled schist scent that clarifies with air. Underneath, the wine is lithe, its flavors muscular and powerful without showing any excess alcohol, its dark and supple fruit drawing juice from the schist tannins. Buy it by the case to drink over the next several years!