90 Mark Squires - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

"The 2011 Tinto Quinta da Manoella is 60% Touriga Nacional, 25% Touriga Franca, 10% Tinta Roriz and 5% Tinta Francisca, all aged in two-year old French barriques for 16 months. This is a lovely regular Tinto from this property, probably the best yet. Graceful, but surprisingly powerful at the moment, it has more persistence than seems apparent at first, plus fine aromatics. This property simply seems to lend itself to elegance, but this has stuff going on. Bright and penetrating, if not very deep or obvious, it should drink very nicely. I suspect the tannins will fall off fairly quickly here and it will seem much more straightforward in time. It is not overly concentrated in the mid-palate. For the moment, it still has room to improve in the cellar, not yet being at peak. In this generally pricey lineup, this is the bargain point. Drink now-2021. "