Quinta do Portal

Sociedade Quinta do Portal, S.A.

Owner	Branco family

Quinta do Portal belongs to Portal.

Quinta do Portal is owned by Eugénio Branco, a CPA (chartered public accountant) from Porto and his two sons João and Pedro Mansilha Branco. A Single Quinta Vintage Port is made from Quinta do Portal and the company also makes a Vintage Port named Portal, which is mixed from several vineyards.

Quinta do Portal Vintages:	2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009

Vintage Port tasting notes:

House	Quinta do Portal	Vintage	2004
Colour	Black in colour.	Number of tastings	4
Bouquet	Very fruity, mulberry, ginger and dark cherry in the nose.	Score range	15.00 - 15.50
Taste	Immature and fruity. Still tannin. Mulberry and some mint in flavour. Balanced and attractive with a promising finish.	Average score	15.25
Last tasted	5th November 2012	Point this date	15.50
Comment	At the Port Wine Festival in Copenhagen.	Tasters	SAI, JB, SS

House	Quinta do Portal	Vintage	2005
Colour	Dark in colour with a just a hint of a yellow rim.	Number of tastings	8
Bouquet	Dark berries such as dark cherry, mulberry, black berry, roasted coffee, some cacao, chocolate, some oak and mint in the nose.	Score range	14.40 - 15.90
Taste	Medium body. Rather mature but still some soft and elegant tannins and will perhaps improve. Dark berries, coffee, cacao and mint and some integrated oak in flavour. Balanced and quite complex and rather long finish. Very enjoyable and easy to drink today.	Average score	15.16
Last tasted	10th September 2023	Point this date	15.90
Comment	Tasted at home with the family. This bottle was a Magnum. In 2018 this vintage took part in a Great Tasting in the Wine Society 18%. For points and ranking see Great Tastings.	Tasters	SAI, JB, SS

House	Quinta do Portal	Vintage	2006
Colour	Still quite dark but yellow mature rim in colour.	Number of tastings	13
Bouquet	Dark berries, Cacao, some chocolate, herbs and some roasted coffee in the nose.	Score range	14.75 - 15.50
Taste	Medium body. Still some very soft tannin but rather enjoyable and will probably not improve much. Dark berries, cacao, some chocolate and herbs in flavour. Nice fruit and good balance with quite an elegant and rather attractive finish.	Average score	15.18
Last tasted	7th October 2023	Point this date	15.50
Comment	Tasted at home with the family. 2 bottles have been defect. In 2018 this vintage took part in a Great Tasting in the Wine Society 18%. For points and ranking see Great Tastings.	Tasters	SAI, JB, SS

House	Quinta do Portal	Vintage	2008
Colour	Dark ruby in colour with a yellow rim.	Number of tastings	7
Bouquet	Blackberry, mulberry, cacao, eucalyptus and roasted oak in the nose.	Score range	15.25 - 15.50
Taste	Medium body. Good tannins but quite easy to drink and like already. Quite dry. Dark berry, fruit and some oak in flavour. Quite nice and elegant but a rather short finish.	Average score	15.23
Last tasted	2nd March 2019	Point this date	15.50
Comment	Tasting at the Port Wine Fair in Roskilde, Denmark. In 2018 this vintage took part in a Great Tasting in the Wine Society 18%. For points and ranking see Great Tastings.	Tasters	SAI, JB, SS

House	Quinta do Portal	Vintage	2009
Colour	Still very dark blue in colour.	Number of tastings	4
Bouquet	Blackberry, black cherry, mulberry, some Christmas raisins, liquorice, toffee and roasted oak in the nose.	Score range	15.50 - 15.90
Taste	Medium body. Lovely tannins and nice fruit. Balanced. Loaded with dark berry but also liquorice and toffee in flavour. Quite sweet. Elegant with a nice finish. Easy to drink and enjoy.	Average score	15.66
Last tasted	15th March 2018	Point this date	15.90
Comment	At the Wine Society 18% tasting in Malmö. In 2018 this vintage took part in a Great Tasting in the Wine Society 18%. For points and ranking see Great Tastings.	Tasters	SAI, JB, SS