Wine Tasting at Boeira Garden Hotel Porto Gaia, Curio Collection by Hilton
Let’s discover the beauty of Quinta de Boeira, a port wine brand that has a very strong marketing team, with an outstanding winemaker, creating one of the best Tawny port wines from the Douro.
The lodge of the Quinta de Boeira is situated at Vila nova de Gaia at the Boeira Garden Hotel, run by the Hilton. If you are curious and want to book a room, check out the rooms here.
Looking at the glass bottles, you immediately know - this is a high quality premium Port wine, for fine-tasters and port wine lovers.
First of all thank to Jose Nuno Sousa. He made this tasting possible with the help of Helena, the winemaker.
Winemaking
Their current winemaker, Helena Teixeira, is an incredible individual with a remarkable vision for the growth and development of wines. The wines she crafts are of exceptional quality, making each bottle truly special.
Helena holds strong opinions about winemaking and deeply appreciates the perfect balance found in the wines of Quinta de Boeira. These wines boast perfect acidity, especially in their very old vintages, and offer a long and complex finish.
An added perk of enjoying a wine from Quinta de Boeira is the design of their decanters. Even their high-standard olive oil is sold in beautifully designed bottles that are meant to be reused. Simply buy a refill and keep the stylish blue and white ceramic bottle in your kitchen.
Once you’ve finished the wine or olive oil, you won’t want to throw the bottle away. Instead, you’ll want to display it proudly for everyone to see.
The tasting:
We tasted the following set of wines during an hour long tasting including Helena, Nuno, his Father and a friend from the States.
| Wines | Price | Tasting Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quinta da Boeira White Diamond | 30 USD | Clear, amber color, on the nose aromas of citrus, tangerine peel, peach jam and honey. |
| 2 | Quinta de Boeira Tawny Reserve Decanter | 30 USD | It presents a well-charged, purple color, a very complex aroma with ripe fruit such as blackberry and black cherry. In the mouth it is fresh, with powerful tannins, but ripe well harmonized with the toast provided by the wooden stage ending with an excellent velvety persistence. |
| 3 | Quinta da Boeira King Tawny 20 year old Port | 50 USD | Brownish color with copper reflexes. Opulent and voluptuous nose of complex aromas of fruit and jam, spices and dry fruits, notes of orange flowers and wood |
| 4 | Quinta da Boeira Tawny 50 Year Old Port | 350 USD | A very experimental wines. Loads of accidity for balancing the sweetnes of thing blend. On the nose loads of Jodium and fermented grapes. |
| 5 | Quinta da Boeira 2016 Vintage Port | 50 USD | Deep black violet in color. In the nose, intense, aroma of fresh blackberries along with notes of eucalyptus, rock rose and green tea. Powerful and compact on the palate, combining a great structure of tannins, naturally with excellent acidity and soft layers of black fruits and floral notes. Full of intensity and long and persistent finish. |
Concluding our tasting, we were invited to join some the management of Quinta de Boeira at the restaurant of the Boeira Garden Hotel, that served us their amazing food, of course, being companied with the DOC DOURO BRANCO 2022 white wine.
Tasting card of Quinta da Boeira. 5 incredible wines ready to be tasted.
After a great lunch with the team, it was time for me to go to yet another tasting. Symingtons invited me to join some exclusive wines and I will tell you all about it in the next blog!
Feel Like wanting to know more about the wines? Then download all the technical files of the wines we’ve tasting here:
Diamond white
Tawny Reserve
20 year old
50 year old
Vintage 2016
