Fresh floral nose, Sturdy tannins but with that lovely perfumed floral note standing out, red fruit and clove spice. Young and one with great potential Showing well now but I'd wait at least 5 years.
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This is a really lovely port drunk far too young. It took a very long time to open, but when it did some really nice notes of strawberry, lavender, lilac playing to an overall rich but not overly heavy wine. A nicely tannic, drying finish that was maybe a bit too grippy now will, I suspect, only become more refined with age. This is one to keep in the bottle for a good while longer, and it should reward you for your patience
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So here's what i did First I took a zip when opening the bottle. Could tell that it needed to breathe, so....
I poured the wine from the bottle into a decanter and let it sit for one hour. In that hour the bottle went into the fridge. After the one hour I took, the now cold, bottle out of the fridge and poured the wine back in = so an hour of decanting including a double decant, for this wine. Tasted over 4 hours --------‐------------------------
The nose: Still very muted (impressive) but a big swirl gives me prune, raisin, plum, alcohol, figs, oak/wood and creamy semi-dark chocolate.
The palate: Big player here is chocolate. Melts right on the tounge. Fruity notes with plum, figs and raisin. Oak yet again. It does feel more fruity than wine thats 20 years old, but somehow closed at this age. So again, a long decant will benefit. As the time goes, a creamy mocha/chocolate comes up. The wine is getting more round, more balanced.
Acidity medium Tannin high Full body Sweetness medium+
It should at last have 4-6 hour decant before drinking
94 points
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Quite good for the closeout price I picked this up at. Dark fruits and heavy on the clove, licorice and pepper. Still quite grippy and could use a good decant to soften it up a bit.
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5/11/2024 - henrygjeffreys Likes this wine:
Fresh floral nose,
Sturdy tannins but with that lovely perfumed floral note standing out, red fruit and clove spice.
Young and one with great potential Showing well now but I'd wait at least 5 years.
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5/11/2024 - Swintonblade Likes this wine: 92 Points
Drank in Lisbon market. Lots of power/tannins, very young but good pure dark fruit & lots on the finish.
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9/21/2023 - MAkita Likes this wine: 94 Points
This is a really lovely port drunk far too young. It took a very long time to open, but when it did some really nice notes of strawberry, lavender, lilac playing to an overall rich but not overly heavy wine. A nicely tannic, drying finish that was maybe a bit too grippy now will, I suspect, only become more refined with age. This is one to keep in the bottle for a good while longer, and it should reward you for your patience
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7/21/2023 - tob100 Likes this wine: 94 Points
So here's what i did
First I took a zip when opening the bottle. Could tell that it needed to breathe, so....
I poured the wine from the bottle into a decanter and let it sit for one hour.
In that hour the bottle went into the fridge.
After the one hour I took, the now cold, bottle out of the fridge and poured the wine back in = so an hour of decanting including a double decant, for this wine.
Tasted over 4 hours
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The nose:
Still very muted (impressive) but a big swirl gives me prune, raisin, plum, alcohol, figs, oak/wood and creamy semi-dark chocolate.
The palate:
Big player here is chocolate. Melts right on the tounge. Fruity notes with plum, figs and raisin. Oak yet again.
It does feel more fruity than wine thats 20 years old, but somehow closed at this age. So again, a long decant will benefit. As the time goes, a creamy mocha/chocolate comes up. The wine is getting more round, more balanced.
Acidity medium
Tannin high
Full body
Sweetness medium+
It should at last have 4-6 hour decant before drinking
94 points
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9/13/2022 - mdefreitas wrote: 92 Points
Quite good for the closeout price I picked this up at. Dark fruits and heavy on the clove, licorice and pepper. Still quite grippy and could use a good decant to soften it up a bit.
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