“A mouthful"
You deserve a drink after saying that! Yes it’s a mouthful I know, but so is the wine. This is a Portuguese red wine (vinho tinto), made by Casa Santos Lima called Good winds (Bons Ventos).
It is a typical red wine from this region consisting of several grape varieties; Castelao, Camarate, Tinta Miuda, and Touriga Nacional which is often used in Port.
This wine smells a little like wet socks taking a herb bath – yummy I know. Yet get past the nose and there is a very savoury style of wine here that is dry with lots of Japanese tea flavours along with Briar, and a touch of dust from the oak.
It doesn’t have a lot of length and is fairly medium bodied but sits pretty neatly in the easy drinking style of wine along with some cheese and crackers.
Sells for around $12.00, it is the current vintage and don’t bother putting it in the cellar. Drink it now! Unlike port, it’s more of a summer red than a winter one, as it is only 12.5% alcohol, it doesn’t have the warmth of a big Barossa red nor the body to go with those bigger hearty winter dishes.
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