This is for our Portuguese wine contributor (sorry, I forgot your
name!). Do you feel the single varietal Quinta do Crasto wines (ie, the
Touriga Nacional, Tinto Roriz) are worth enough to pay in the mid-upper
US$30 range? I don't see these very often and thought they might be
interesting to try. The last time I had a Q.d.C. table red was from the
1995 vintage. This was their most basic bottling (Douro I believe) and I
was not that impressed, as I remember it being a bit hot and unwiedly, and
I wonder if the quality has improved at this estate as it has at other
Portuguese estates?

Thanks!

Mark S

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Do you feel the single varietal Quinta do Crasto wines (ie, the
Touriga Nacional, Tinto Roriz) are worth enough to pay in the mid-upper
US$30 range?

Don't forget the Tinta Cao.

They were in our market at that and I felt that the original price was pushing
the envelope.

When they reduced them to about $25, I snapped up a few of the 1999s.

They make excellent 'ringers' for blind tasting because people aren't used to
Portuguese wines and aren't expecting them.