Martha's Pink

Martha's Pink

Deep cherry red colour with rich grapey nose. This port was satisfyingly full bodied having rich berry flavours combined with more than a hint of black cherry.

Fonseca Guimaraens Vintage 1996

Fonseca Guimaraens Vintage 1996

Deep clear ruby colour with a plummy nose. After about five hours this rich port opened up revealing a moderate body and a sweet flavour principally reminiscent of cooked plums backed by a strong spiciness.

Poças 10 Year Old

Poças 10 Year Old

Clear reddish brown colour with a nose reminiscent of a port wine lodge. By that I mean the smell of old oak moistened for years with sweet port. The flavour was sweet and oaky. This wine was not the richest and most complex example but managed to exhibit predominantly sweet oak flavours with a hint of slightly burnt orange.

Niepoort 10 Year Old

Niepoort 10 Year Old

Moderate brown colour with a lightly nutty nose. The flavour was quite dry and light, which was probably the intention of the producer. This wine would do well chilled as an aperitif. However we preferred the sweetness and fuller, more complex body of the Graham's that we were comparing it with as a digestive.

Quinta Santa Eufémia Rosé

Quinta Santa Eufémia Rosé

 Clear light ruby coloured in appearance, there was a fairly rich nose redolent of cherries. This was a rich rosé with fresh red grape flavours predominating over hints of cherries and strawberries. Although richer than many rosé ports the flavours were so harmonious that the end result was a very fine port indeed.

Now how do I get to photograph the bottle before it is half gone? I must get myself more organised!

Barros LBV 2011

Barros LBV 2011

Deep ruby colour with a light fruit nose. Young tannins were predominating over fruit flavours suggesting that this might have benefited from a little more time before being bottled.

Quinta do Noval LBV 2011

Quinta do Noval LBV 2011

Deep ruby colour with a grapey nose. Sweet and redolent with fresh grape flavours and a complex tannic body.