"Wonderful aromas of crushed blackberries and currants. Full-bodied, with round, ripe tannins and fabulously rich fruit. Medium sweet and gripping. Ramos-Pinto's best ever. Best after 2014." 94 points - Wine Spectator, April 30, 2006
"The wine is big, full, opulent and super-ripe. But the tannins are also there, giving a dark, brooding edge, which comes through powerfully on the finish. This is the best vintage yet from this Roederer-owned house." 94 points - Wine Enthusiast, November 15, 2005
"The color of this wine is opaque, even at the rim. It predicts how concentrated the flavors feel, in primary forest-berry fruit and in powerful, mouthcoating tannins. With air, the wine opens to an expanse of flavor seemingly vast as the Douro itself. As a young wine, this offers no hint of Ramos Pinto's usually elegant style. On the other hand, it may outlive many of the firm's recent vintages, with a freshness to its fruit complexity that should sustain it past 2030." 94 points - Wine & Spirits, December 2005 | 
