Rio Bom
Quinta do Mourão - Mario Braga Herdeiros
| Owner | Braga family |
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| Vineyards | Quinta do Mourão |
| Vintage Port Brands | S. Leonardo, Rio Bom |
Rio Bom is a brand used for both table wines and port wines. They would like to use Quinta do Mourão as their brand, but unfortunately that label is owned by one of the very large wine producers. Quinta de Mourao was bought in 1972 by Mário Braga. When Mário Braga passed away in 1999 the family decided to start producing their own wine and created the company Mário Braga Herdeiros. The Quinta is still run by the second generation of the family.
| Rio Bom Vintages: | 2000, 2007, 2009 |
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| House | Rio Bom | Vintage | 2000 |
| Colour | Yellow mature in colour. | Number of tastings | 5 |
| Bouquet | Cacao, coffee, some spiciness, toffee, clove, ginger and dark chocolate in the nose. | Score range | 15.40 - 16.40 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature and peaking. Balanced and quite elegant. Cacao, dark chocolate and quite a lot of spiciness in taste with a quite long and rather attractive finish. Lovely port indeed! | Average score | 16.07 |
| Last tasted | 4th March 2023 | Point this date | 16.25 |
| Comment | Tasted at the Port Wine Fair in Roskilde, Denmark. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Rio Bom | Vintage | 2007 |
| Colour | Medium dark ruby with yellow mature edge in colour. | Number of tastings | 3 |
| Bouquet | Quite complex bouquet with lots of toffee, crème caramel, candy, cacao and dark chocolate in the nose. | Score range | 15.50 - 16.40 |
| Taste | Medium body. Quite mature and maybe peaking. Toffee, crème caramel, candy, cacao and dark chocolate in taste. Easy to drink now and to enjoy with a lovely, very attractive and quite long finish | Average score | 16.05 |
| Last tasted | 5th March 2022 | Point this date | 16.40 |
| Comment | Tasted at the Port Wine Fair in Roskilde, Denmark. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Rio Bom | Vintage | 2009 |
| Colour | Vary dark blue in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Mulberry, black berry and lots of fruit in the nose. | Score range | 15.40 - 15.40 |
| Taste | Medium body. Still loaded with tannin and will improve a lot. Balanced but loaded with fruit and berry in taste. A quiet long and interesting finish. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 4th March 2017 | Point this date | 15.40 |
| Comment | At the Port Wine Festival in Roskilde, Denmark. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
Old Colheita/Tawny tasting notes:
| House | Rio Bom Quinta do Mourao | Colheita | 1948 |
| Colour | Very dark tawny in colour with an olive green edge. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Colheita bouquet of burned sugar, roasted nuts, molasses and cream candy in the nose | Bottled | Cask sample |
| Taste | Almost full-bodied. Of course matured and peaking but with an astonishing old acidity. Completely balanced and very complex port. Burned sugar and roasted nuts in taste with a long, complex and very attractive finish. Lovely port indeed! | Score range | |
| Last tasted | 2nd March 2018 | Point this date | 17.00 |
| Comment | This is a cask sample and the mother wine to their 40 years old tawny. Tasted at the Danish Port Wine Club est. 1981 tasting in Copenhagen. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Rio Bom Quinta do Mourao | Colheita | 1972 |
| Colour | Dark not quite transparent tawny in colour with an olive green edge. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Colheita bouquet of burned sugar, roasted nuts and some burned candy in the nose. | Bottled | Cask sample |
| Taste | At least medium bodied. Mature and peaking with a lovely old very astringent and attractive acidity. Molasses and burned sugar in taste. Easy to drink and to love with th lovely, long and attractive finish. | Score range | |
| Last tasted | 2nd March 2018 | Point this date | 16.50 |
| Comment | This is a cask sample and the mother wine to their 30 years old tawny. Tasted at the Danish Port Wine Club est. 1981 tasting in Copenhagen. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Rio Bom Quinta do Mourao | Colheita | 1984 |
| Colour | Very beautiful tawny in colour with a hint of olive green edge. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Roasted coffee beans, burned sugar and nuts in the nose. | Bottled | Cask sample |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature and peaking with a balanced old acidity. Burned sugar and nuts in taste with an attractive and nice finish. Lovely port indeed.. | Score range | |
| Last tasted | 2nd March 2018 | Point this date | 15.90 |
| Comment | This is a cask sample and the mother wine to their 20 years old tawny. Tasted at the Danish Port Wine Club est. 1981 tasting in Copenhagen. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |