Quinta da Água Alta
Borges de Sousa family
Contract with Churchill.
This quinta has been in the same family for two centuries and purchased by the grandfather Sr. Antonio Borges de Sousa and the family is large vineyards owner in Douro. The quinta was marked already on Forrester’s map.
| Quinta da Agua Alta Vintages: | 1983, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2016 |
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| House | Quinta de Agua Alta Churchill | Vintage | 1983 |
| Colour | Yellow mature quite lovely in colour. | Number of tastings | 2 |
| Bouquet | Toffee, cream candy, chocolate vanilla, minty and some herbs and spiciness in the nose. | Score range | 16.50 - 16.50 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature and peaking. Will not be better. Balanced and tasty with toffee, cram candy, mint and vanilla in the mouth. Very tasty and very easy to drink and enjoy with a lovely, rather long and very attractive quite sweet finish. | Average score | 16.50 |
| Last tasted | 13th April 2022 | Point this date | 16.50 |
| Comment | Tasted at home with the family. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Quinta de Agua Alta Churchill | Vintage | 1987 |
| Colour | Dark blue and impressive in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Crème caramel and buttery aroma. | Score range | 15.50 - 15.50 |
| Taste | Medium body. Fruity and still lots of tannin. Quite promising. Will develop. Long finish. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 29th January 1998 | Point this date | 15.50 |
| Comment | At the Danish Port Wine Club est. 1981 tasting in Copenhagen, Denmark. | Tasters | SAI |
| House | Quinta de Agua Alta Churchill | Vintage | 1990 |
| Colour | Still very dark blue with a yellow rim. | Number of tastings | 3 |
| Bouquet | Complex flavour of coffee and old grocery shop in the nose. | Score range | 15.40 - 15.50 |
| Taste | Medium-body. Still soft tannins and not quite mature yet. Long good finish. Surprisingly good port! | Average score | 15.43 |
| Last tasted | 29th August 2007 | Point this date | 15.40 |
| Comment | At the Danish Port Wine Club est. 1981 tasting in Copenhagen, Denmark. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Quinta de Agua Alta Churchill | Vintage | 1992 |
| Colour | Still quite ruby in colour. | Number of tastings | 2 |
| Bouquet | Cacao, some violets, liquorice, spring flowers and dried fruit in the nose. | Score range | 15.90 - 15.90 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature and peaking. Balanced with some nice acidity. Will probably not be much better. Dark berry and dried fruit but also some cacao and sweet liquorice in taste. Interesting and quite attractive finish but without any real finesse and elegance. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 8th November 2018 | Point this date | 15.90 |
| Comment | At the 18% Wine Society Great 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 |
| House | Quinta de Agua Alta Churchill | Vintage | 1995 |
| Colour | Yellow mature in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Not so good nose. Something wrong with this bottle. | Score range | |
| Taste | Medium-body, light and rather mature. Short finish. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 29th August 2007 | Point this date | 13.90 |
| Comment | At the Danish Port Wine Club est. 1981 tasting in Copenhagen, Denmark. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Quinta de Agua Alta Churchill | Vintage | 1996 |
| Colour | Mature yellow in colour. | Number of tastings | 2 |
| Bouquet | The first hint was quite okay with liquorice and salmiak but a rapid smell of old hospital, pharmacy and volatile acidity came soon in the nose. | Score range | 14.00 - 14.00 |
| Taste | Medium bodied. Unbalanced with some volatile acidity but still drinkable and rather enjoyable with a quite nice finish. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 12th July 2019 | Point this date | 14.00 |
| Comment | At home with the family. This bottle was not quite OK. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Quinta de Agua Alta Churchill | Vintage | 1998 |
| Colour | Yellow quite beautiful in colour. | Number of tastings | 3 |
| Bouquet | Liquorice, candy, some cacao and old grocery shop, some tobacco and also with some spiciness in the nose. | Score range | 15.50 - 16.25 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature and peaking. Balanced, quite complex and very tasty with lots of liquorice, butterscotch and old grocery shop in the mouth and a quite attractive and elegant finish. Very easy to drink and enjoy today! | Average score | 15.88 |
| Last tasted | 21st May 2021 | Point this date | 15.50 |
| Comment | Tasted at home in Third International Online Vintage Tasting with our German Port Friends from World of Port. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Quinta de Agua Alta | Vintage | 2016 |
| Colour | Very dark, nearly black in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Ginger bread, Christmas spiciness and mulberry in the nose. | ||
| Taste | Medium body. Immature with nice tannins but balanced of course. Ginger bread and Christmas spiciness in taste. Very elegant port and easy to drink with a long tannic finish. Quite promising. | ||
| Last tasted | 30th November 2018 | Rating this date | Very Impressive |
| Comment | At the Port Wine Festival in Leverkusen, Germany Port so young we evaluate only as : Good – Very good- Impressive – Very Impressive | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |