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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.9 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 18 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by rwpalmer on 1/15/2023 & rated 89 points: Clean and attractive mid-weight singe quinta. Pleasant berryish nose without a great deal of complexity or ambition on the palate to suggest great value in keeping more than about five years. (919 views) | | | Tasted by mwagner7700 on 10/9/2022: Purchased for $70. I've been eyeing this up in my local wine store, but always had a reason "not" to pull the trigger. But this time, I got the urge. Quinta do Vesuvio is one of the most traditional Quintas and I'm a sucker for tradition. The grapes are picked and sorted by hand and then foot trodden for 4hrs. I've read that the first 3hrs are a traditional "march" and the final hour is a "dance". Whatever it is they do, they make a marvelous wine. This Port is a garnet in color with hints of tan and burnt orange. The nose is simply outstanding with kirsch, blackberry liquor, boysenberry jam, spice and vanilla. On the palate, this takes my breath away. Rounded tannins, but still some strength left. Absolutely delicious juicy acidity. Hard to believe this wine is over 20yrs old. Dark cherry, vanilla, spice, blueberry compote. This is really youthful. In fact, if it wasn't for the color, I would have never guessed this was 20+ years old. This has the legs for another 20. Outstanding. Grade: A (985 views) | | | Tasted by Heynetty on 4/9/2022: D5 DipWSET FORTIFIED WINES with Adam Chase and Matt Gaughan; 4/9/2022-4/10/2022 (St Francis' Yacht Club San Francisco): A: Deep garnet [others in the room say ruby]
N: Medium (+) nose of sun-dried tomato, dried fig, dried cherry, blackcurrants, chocolate, menthol, white pepper, TOBACCO and LEATHER.
P: Sweet, medium (+) acidity [instructor says HIGH], high ripe tannins, high alcohol, full body, medium (+) intensity and long finish.
Beautiful balance of acidity with this ripe developing fruit.
Length is optimal and born by a good intensity. The complexity here is noteworthy spanning primary and tertiary fruit, herbaceous, oak and other signs of development.
This is an outstanding quality wine.
The wine is suitable for ageing.
REMEMBER FOR EXAM: VINTAGE PORT IS BOTTLE AGED AND COLHEITA IS BARREL AGED (1377 views) | | | Tasted by footloosiety on 12/24/2021 & rated 96 points: Wow, really smooth considering its age. (1512 views) | | | Tasted by Livonietisr on 11/16/2021 & rated 93 points: Deep garnet color. Aromas of dark cherry, prunes, raisins, spices, leather, dark chocolate. Full bodied. Medium acidity. Taste of cherries, raisins, dark chocolate. Balanced, mellow and long. At top now. (1519 views) | | | Tasted by pdadams66 on 12/25/2020 & rated 93 points: Deep dark center, dark red/purple rim with no significant signs of age.
Dense nose, blackberry and blueberry, intense, sweet and smooth, ferric.
Sweet and complex, blackberries, intense, vinous, good acidity and tannin, great length.
Fantastic vintage port, modern style, great fruit, good now and probably for 5-10 years more. (1580 views) | | | Tasted by Motz on 7/26/2020 & rated 93 points: Very pretty notes of sweetened coco, spice, caramel, and candied berries, followed by a light jolt of alcohol. More of the same on the palate, coming up just short of balanced. Heavy, powdery sediment. While delicious and satisfying, the wine did not meet expectations. Overall, at 19 years, this bottle likely succumbed to the 'no great wines, just great bottles' adage. (2178 views) | | | Tasted by Eric Guido on 10/15/2018 & rated 94 points: The nose showed dusty black cherry, with sweet minerality, dried florals, tobacco, and earth. On the palate, I found silky, deep textures lifted by wonderfully fresh black fruits with sweet minerality, zesty spices, mounting inner violet florals. The finish was long and rich with earthy dark fruits, sweet brown spices, lingering floral and mineral tones. This was earthy, ripe and wonderfully balanced. (3042 views) | | | Tasted by theportguy on 9/20/2016 & rated 90 points: 2016 Port Harvest Tour; 9/18/2016-9/25/2016 (Portugal): One of the wettest years they had in many years. The wine is in a shutdown phase right now. You have to work to get some aromatics. Elegant, but lacks the richness that I would expect from this VP. Clearly it is in its "dumb phase." (1833 views) | | | Tasted by DrewWyman on 9/23/2014 & rated 94 points: Popped and poured. Blueberry and fig on the nose, strong alcohol burn. Beautiful color. Dark berry, caramel, cherry. Medium long finish. (4399 views) | | | Tasted by yofog on 12/28/2012 & rated 92 points: Gorgeous and plush nose upon opening, of blueberry and mineral. Mellows out after a few hours in the decanter, becomes less exciting but still pretty good. Threw a lot of sediment and is beginning to soften up, entering its secondary phase. I'd leave it another decade and see what happens, as there's a lot of spicy and minerally secondary complexity in there that just needs more time. (4874 views) | | | Tasted by ews3 on 1/24/2009 & rated 94 points: really nice -- opened 2-3 hours before drinking and decanted. Loads of fruit on the palate -- plum, cherry. Also some dark berries. Alcohol was well integrated, as were the tannins. Finish went on for 25-30 seconds. This is still very young and has a ways ahead of it. (5554 views) | | | Tasted by A vd Vorst on 9/17/2007 & rated 93 points: Lush wine with plum cake, spice and blueberry aromas on the nose. The palate shows perfect integration of succulent black fruit, grape spirit and fine tannins. The sweet finish is long, balanced and very complex.
Drink it now or during the next 20 till 25 years (5945 views) | | | Tasted by PortFanatic on 10/26/2005 & rated 94 points: Tasted at the Dow's Port Lodge in Vila Nova de Gaia - Extremely dark+ color! Extremely young, floral nose. Shockingly good. A fine wine. Not a long ager, but wonderful. Now and in the medium term. Really glycerin/smooth on the palate. 94 points. (5403 views) |
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