Quinta do Tedo Vintage 2007
Deep purple colour with a rich fruity nose. On tasting one experienced a rich, full and satisfyingly fruity mouthful. This was quite drinkable but needs ageing to work out the youthful tannins.
Saturday, 7 May 2011
Quinta do Tedo Tawny 10 Year Old
Quinta do Tedo Tawny 10 Year Old
Clear brown colour with old fruits on the nose. The taste was a combination of butterscotch with dried fruits and a good bite of wood.
Clear brown colour with old fruits on the nose. The taste was a combination of butterscotch with dried fruits and a good bite of wood.
Thursday, 5 May 2011
Vista Alegre Fine Tawny
Vista Alegre Fine Tawny
Well oxidised brown colour with a hint of redness. The nose was sweet and fruity. This was very easy drinking having a good balance between the fruit sugars and the wood contribution. There was a distinct butterscotch component in the warming taste.
Well oxidised brown colour with a hint of redness. The nose was sweet and fruity. This was very easy drinking having a good balance between the fruit sugars and the wood contribution. There was a distinct butterscotch component in the warming taste.
Quinta Seara d'Ordens Tawny Reserve
Quinta Seara d'Ordens Tawny Reserve
Deep toffee brown colour with just a hint of redness. Old dried fruits and leather on the nose. Lovely complex mouthful of dried fruits and substantial amounts of old oak. Exceptional quality for a reserve as I have tasted ten year olds that don't come up to the level of this port.
Deep toffee brown colour with just a hint of redness. Old dried fruits and leather on the nose. Lovely complex mouthful of dried fruits and substantial amounts of old oak. Exceptional quality for a reserve as I have tasted ten year olds that don't come up to the level of this port.
Quinta do Crasto LBV 1996 (Bottled 2001)
Quinta do Crasto LBV 1996 (Bottled 2001)
We had the pleasure of enjoying this port during the course of a wonderful day spent at the quinta as the guests of the very hospitable Roquette family. It had a lightly oxidised ruby colour with a light fruity nose. There was a lovely rounded taste being full bodied and fruity whilst edging towards a tawny with hints of dried fruits contributing.
We had the pleasure of enjoying this port during the course of a wonderful day spent at the quinta as the guests of the very hospitable Roquette family. It had a lightly oxidised ruby colour with a light fruity nose. There was a lovely rounded taste being full bodied and fruity whilst edging towards a tawny with hints of dried fruits contributing.
Tuesday, 3 May 2011
Burmester Tawny?
Burmester Tawny?
I put in the question mark as we had this in a restaurant and, as I have found out before, you can't always be sure what comes out of the bottle is what it says on the label. I had the impression that this may have been an uncontrolled wine rather than anything put out under the Burmester label. It had a deep brown colour and a sweet nutty nose. The taste was rich, sweet, woody and warming and therefore very reminiscent of previous restaurant ports I had experienced.
I put in the question mark as we had this in a restaurant and, as I have found out before, you can't always be sure what comes out of the bottle is what it says on the label. I had the impression that this may have been an uncontrolled wine rather than anything put out under the Burmester label. It had a deep brown colour and a sweet nutty nose. The taste was rich, sweet, woody and warming and therefore very reminiscent of previous restaurant ports I had experienced.
Sunday, 1 May 2011
Quinta de Romaneira Tawny 10 Year Old
Quinta de Romaneira Tawny 10 Year Old
Clear reddish brown with an intense nutty nose. This port was markedly fruity adding a pluminess to the usual rich dried fruit flavours. There was also a moderate contribution from the wood ageing.
Clear reddish brown with an intense nutty nose. This port was markedly fruity adding a pluminess to the usual rich dried fruit flavours. There was also a moderate contribution from the wood ageing.
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