February 18, 2023 - Lovely subtle flavour for a port - nice and easy to drink with a mellow profile.
December 11, 2022 - Butterscotch, pecan pie, raisin, salty toffee. Palate shows salt, toffee, nuts. Balanced sweetness - enough acid and structure to keep me coming back.
November 18, 2022 - Bottled 2021. This is an exceptionally good 10 years tawny, even better than the 20 years from Burmester because it is drier and as complex and fragrant as that one. I haven't tasted them together but at least I think that the cane sugar nose with smoky notes and the firm layered taste were better than any 10 year old I can think of.
June 18, 2022 - All that I could want from a red port.
February 20, 2022 - Purchased for $40. A bit high for a 10-Year. A cloudy rust, burnt orange in color. Nose of caramel, toffee, spice and hazelnut. Similar notes on the palate with sticky apricot, fig and orange marmalade. Complex, but a really short finish. Disappointingly short. There's also a slight sour, burnt note on the finish. Better than Taylor and Dow, but a step behind the Vallado. Grade: A-
November 27, 2021 - Sehr fein nuss karamell elegant mittlerer langer Abgang
October 15, 2021 - Tasting Training for WSET Level 4, Units D4 + D5 - Session 7 (non-blind): Wine 4: The wine has a medium amber colour. The nose has medium intensity and shows aromas of cherry, blackberry, toffee, caramel, almond, hazelnut, and coffee.
On the palate the wine is sweet, with medium(+) acidity, medium(-) tannin that is ripe and soft, high alcohol and medium(-) body. The flavour intensity is medium, flavours include red cherry, hazelnut, walnut, mushroom, toffee, caramel, coffee and chocolate. The wine's texture is oily, the wine has medium length.
This is a good quality wine since it has medium intensity of aromas and flavours, medium complexity and medium length. To be considered being of very good quality the wine would need even greater complexity and greater length.
The wine was aged oxidatively and will not improve with further time in bottle. It is hence not suitable for further ageing in bottle.
NB: I recall that I had liked previous bottles better, and I bought this particular bottle more than five years ago, so it deserves the benefit of the doubt. Fresher bottles might show better.
May 27, 2021 - Wip
May 13, 2020 - Very light amber color. Hints of honey, and almonds, no residual fruit. Good balance, smooth. Sub-average length finish.
May 8, 2020 - Bottled 2016. Light tawny in the glass. Molasses, raisin and caramel on the nose with a hint of rose petal. Fig, custard and spiced rum baba on the sweet palate. One dimensional but tasty.