Reccua
Porto Reccua Vinhos - Caves Vale do Rodo
| Founded |
1950 |
| Owner |
Cooperative |
Reccua is a brand of Caves Vale do Rodo.
Vintage Port tasting notes:
| House | Reccua | Vintage | 2003 |
| Colour | Yellow mature in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Coffee, cacao, toffee and old grocery shop in the nose. | Score range | 15.90 - 15.90 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature and almost peaking but with some very round and lovely tannins and will probably be better. Balanced and quite sweet. Cacao, toffee, coffee in taste. Very easy to drink and enjoy with an elegant and very attractive finish. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 21st April 2021 | Point this date | 15.90 |
| Comment | Tasted at home in Second International Vintage Zoom Tasting with our German Port Friends.
| Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Reccua | Vintage | 2004 |
| Colour | Still quite dark ruby but a mature yellow edge in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Dark chocolate, mint, cacao, vanilla and salt liquorice in the nose. | Score range | 15.75 - 15.75 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature and almost peaking but still with some round tannins and will probably still develop. Balanced and quite complex. Chocolate, cacao and vanilla with mint in taste. The fini sh is lovely, quite complex and rather long indeed. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 19th March 2022 | Point this date | 15.75 |
| Comment | Tasted at home with the family.
| Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Reccua | Vintage | 2015 |
| Colour | Dark ruby with just a hint of a yellow rim. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Dark berries and mature fruit in the nose. | | |
| Taste | Hardly medium body with soft tannins. Of course balanced and quite attractive with taste of mature fruit and dark berries. The tannins in the finish are very elegant and quite long. | | |
| Last tasted | 4th November 2019 | Rating this date | Very Good |
| Comment | At the Port Wine Festival in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Port so young we evaluate only as : Good – Very good- Impressive – Very Impressive | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |