The 2008 BRANCO is crisp and quite charming this year, showing good depth, a lingering and flavorful finish and fine acidity. I’m always concerned with how these wines will age. They may decline fairly rapidly from peak, but if drunk young and fresh, they will not disappoint. It should be delightful this summer. Drink now-2012. CARM is one of the Douro’s under-the-radar producers, which is unfortunate since they always provide some bang for the buck. The ‘07s are nice examples of that. Note that I’ve dropped the parenthetical clarification I previously used for CARM’S producer name (explaining that CARM means Casa Agricola Roboredo Madeira). The “Roboredo Madeira” is clear enough on most of the labels anyway.Importer: Grape Moments, a Division of Sintra Imports, New Bedford, MA; tel. (508) 997-0100.