"Initial new wood flavors show the youth of this complex wine. Then it fills out in the mouth with an explosive blackberry flavor and dense fruit tannins. With its power and flavor intensity, it has firm potential to age over at least five years."
— Wine Enthusiast, Oct 2012

“From a six-acre block of vines planted in 1940, this is the most tannic and compressed of the three Foz de Arouce wines we tasted; it not only requires the most cellar time, but also is the most likely to reward long aging. For now, it carries a heavy baga weight in the tannins, yielding hints of rose perfume, fragrant stemminess and plump red fruit.”
— Wine & Spirits, Apr 2013