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 | Still quite dark but yellow mature in colour. | Number of tastings | 2 |
| Bouquet | Coffee, cacao, toffee, cream candy. Dark chocolate and old grocery shop in the nose. | Score range | 15.90 - 16.00 |
| 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, candy and chocolate in taste. Very easy to drink and enjoy with an elegant and very attractive finish. | Average score | 15.95 |
| Last tasted | 13th January 2023 | Point this date | 16.00 |
| Comment | Tasted at home with the family.
| 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 a yellow edge in colour. | Number of tastings | 2 |
| Bouquet | Dark berries, toffee and mature fruit in the nose. | Score range | 15.50 - 15.50 |
| Taste | Hardly medium body with lots of soft tannins. Of course balanced and quite attractive with taste of mature fruit and dark berries. The tannins in the finish are very elegant, lovely and quite long. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 7th November 2022 | Point this date | 15.50 |
| Comment | At the Port Wine Festival in Copenhagen, Denmark.
| Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |