Porto Réccua 10 Year Old
Bright amber colour with a rich nose of nuts and dried fruits. After the impressive nose the flavour was slightly on the light side with usual combination of dried fruit and oak flavours.
Saturday, 23 September 2017
Porto Réccua Tawny Reserve
Porto Réccua Tawny Reserve
Clear reddish brown colour with a moderately nutty nose. Sweet rich and fruity with plenty of dry wood flavours to balance out the sweetness.
Porto Cedro Dry White
Porto Cedro Dry White
Pale yellow colour with a light grapey nose. The taste was no more than medium dry. As a result there was a pleasant combination of spicey flavours alongside those of fresh grapes.
Porto Cedro White
Porto Cedro White
Light golden colour with a sweet honey nose. This was markedly sweet with a rich taste of honey and grapes.
Friday, 22 September 2017
Primes Tawny
Primes Tawny
Oxidised brownish red colour with a light slightly fruity nose. Rich and warming this port combined plummy fruits with light oak flavours.
Sunday, 3 September 2017
Niepoort Secundum Vintage 1999
Niepoort Secundum Vintage 1999
Strikingly clear bright ruby colour with a rich and plummy nose. Tasting revealed a delicious combination of jammy fruits. Whilst not the most full bodied of ports the harmony of the sweet fruit flavours and absence of any detracting harshness made this a pleasure to drink. There was the ideal amount of tannic residue to balance the prominent flavour which was akin to that of a jam made out of autumnal fruits. It will be interesting to see how this wine develops.
I have to take my hat off to Niepoort in their choice of bottle and cork. This was one of the easiest vintages I have ever had to decant. I managed to pour practically the whole bottle into a receiving vessel whilst leaving the crud behind. As a result my antique port filter had very little work to do. You can see that the bottle was a little bit dumpy which in my view is an ideal shape for vintage port. As a result of the use of a long cork there were no apparent and unwanted contribution from oxidation.
Strikingly clear bright ruby colour with a rich and plummy nose. Tasting revealed a delicious combination of jammy fruits. Whilst not the most full bodied of ports the harmony of the sweet fruit flavours and absence of any detracting harshness made this a pleasure to drink. There was the ideal amount of tannic residue to balance the prominent flavour which was akin to that of a jam made out of autumnal fruits. It will be interesting to see how this wine develops.
I have to take my hat off to Niepoort in their choice of bottle and cork. This was one of the easiest vintages I have ever had to decant. I managed to pour practically the whole bottle into a receiving vessel whilst leaving the crud behind. As a result my antique port filter had very little work to do. You can see that the bottle was a little bit dumpy which in my view is an ideal shape for vintage port. As a result of the use of a long cork there were no apparent and unwanted contribution from oxidation.
Friday, 1 September 2017
Augusto's Fine Tawny
Augusto's Fine Tawny
This was an example of the archetypal portugese tawny port. It had a slightly oxidised deep red colour with a mildly plummy nose. Tasting revealed an excellently balanced wine combining elements of sweet plummy fruits with a long finish of dry oak. It was satisfyingly reminiscent of all those unattributed tawny ports enjoyed over the years in Portuguese restaurants while standing out as one of the best of them.
This was an example of the archetypal portugese tawny port. It had a slightly oxidised deep red colour with a mildly plummy nose. Tasting revealed an excellently balanced wine combining elements of sweet plummy fruits with a long finish of dry oak. It was satisfyingly reminiscent of all those unattributed tawny ports enjoyed over the years in Portuguese restaurants while standing out as one of the best of them.
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