Slightly herbal, green pepper thyme nose. Some dried mint and tobacco emerge. Tannin totally gone but the color is shockingly dark nonetheless. Texture is broad and very soft, with a touch of potpourri and mandarin sweetness on the finish. Not oxidized or funky at all, just completely fanned out and slowly disappearing into the sunset. Hard to score something like this but easy to enjoy and talk about it.

Raspberry tea, old wood, a touch beefy/savoury, with some bottle stink hanging around. Tender but structured and easily engages with food, a bit of sweet cherry graces the palate. Unlike the 1920 Paternina, this bottle is very much still a wine and flexing some muscle. Saturates and lingers and gets better with air. Stunning!

First impression is maderized but there's a lot of intrigue here; tobacco, brown sugar, tangy citrus sweetness. Someone suggested an old Rioja with a splash of Terrantez thrown in and I think that captures it well. FWIW, my note from 10 years ago suggests this is evolving pretty slowly at this point in time: "Caramelly, burnt sugar, madeira-like nose with potpourri and orange peel lending complexity."

From magnum, in top shape. Dark, tarry, minty, serious demeanor with bits of preserved cherry. Would happily follow this for hours on any other night.

Typical Burgundy blend of Gamay and Mondeuse. Happily cruising along, maraschino and dried mint. Clean leather, weird herbal verve, red vines. Good, but unlike anything I can recall tasting.

Aromas of old wood, pressed roses, cherry and spices. Juicy and tender with a clementine sweetness. Lovely old Rioja.

Alcohol, berry pie, eucalyptus, sweetly fruited but no noticeable sugar. Smells like a sticky monster and when the dryness hits you think it's going to wither away but it holds together pretty well and certainly isn't dying. More of a curiosity than a great wine at this point and probably better to have alone instead of a flight of '68s.

Smells and tastes like a confiture of flame raisins with some cocoa thrown in. It's delicious and I don't know why these never seem cloying or overdone. One of the most impressive aspects of Draper's touch IMO.

Bottled in 1924. Syrupy, powerful wine with cocoa, cardamom, and star anise on the spicy palate. Clean spirit is hardly noticeable, finishes more bitter than sweet which is tolerable at its age. My favorite of the ports tonight.

The sweetest of the three ports tonight with a cocoa and toffee drive. I found this slightly muddled and ashy compared to the others though.

The last of 12 wines and my notes have devolved into a few shaky adjectives. Mocha, figs, marvelously aromatic. I really like these old colheitas from Krohn.