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Belo Wine Company article
The Napa Wine Project
2002 Tinta Roriz Ramona’s Reserve Vintage Reserve Port
Gold Medal – 2009 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition
2003 Touriga Nacional Vintage Reserve Port
Silver Medal – 2009 San Francisco Wine Competition
1995 Belo Touriga Nacional Vintage Reserve – Napa Valley Port
Score: 91
“What a surprise! There are 100 cases of this vintage port look-alike produced from Portuguese varietals (used for making vintage port) planted in Napa. There is no doubt its full-bodied, complex, licorice, coffee, and sweet jammy blackberry and plum aromas and flavors. Full-bodied, moderately sweet, and a dead-ringer for a top-notch vintage port, this small artisanal producer has fashioned a gem. Moreover, it is evolved and already drinking beautifully.” –Robert Parker, The Wine Advocate
2000 Sauvignon Blanc Dessert Wine – Napa Valley
Score: 94
"The 2000 is the best Belo Sauvignon Blanc produced thus far. In the glass the wine has striking golden color with hints of straw. After some period of decanting the aromas of honey and almonds, with cream and pineapples fill the glass. This wine is has flavors honeyed oak, tropical fruit with a magnificent finish.” –Jonathan Rogers, The Wine Diet
Featured in the December 2002 issue of the Wine Enthusiast. See below the scores and reviews...
Belo 1999 Touriga Nacional Vintage Reserve Port
Score: 96
"Very sweet and viscous in the mouth, a wine that blankets the palate with velvet and fine dusty tannins. The flavors are of sweetened espresso, blackberry and blueberry liqueur and cassis, dark milk chocolate and rich cocoa, and a beautiful peppery note that braces against the overt sweetness. One of the best California Ports in recent memory. Cellar Selection. -S.H."
Belo 1999 Savignon Blanc Dessert Wine (Napa Valley)
Score: 87
"Frankly sweet, with a dollop of Semillon, this white Bordeaux-style wine has powerful, pronounced flavors of smoky honey, peaches, and especially pears, with a finish that tastes distinctly of white chocolate. These flavors are very strong and pure, and call for similar foods. -S.H."
Belo 1999 Muscat Gris (California)
Score: 89
"A Beaumes-de-Venise-style wine, sweet but not too sweet, with pleasant peach, nougat, and apricot flavors and a Sherry-like quality that adds interest. The honeyed flavors are balanced by crisp acids, finishing clean. -S.H."
Belo 1999 Sousao Port (California)
Score: 86
"Fairly sweet, with dark chocolate, black cherry, and sweetened espresso flavors, set off by adequate acidity. Lacks the layers and complexity of the best Portuguese stuff, but at this price, it's a nice wine to sip with chocolate desserts. -S.H."
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