September 30, 2021 - 2021 FTLOP Harvest Tour; 9/19/2021-10/2/2021 (Portgugal): Dark purple in color with garnet around the edges. Blueberry, cassis and nice herbal notes on the nose. Red currant and boysenberry on the mid-palate, giving way to chocolate notes on the finish. Extremely balanced sweetness, acidity, and tannins. The finish is very long.
April 16, 2021 - drank over 4 days. Almost black, not very much nose, integrated tannines, but very young. Not much development over 4 days (under cork). So, next bottle in 5 years.
October 13, 2018 - Sammamish Port Club - October 2018 (Sammamish, Washington): Completely dark opaque in color. Intense dark berry on the palate. Well-balanced across the board. Rich fruit on the finish with balanced tannins.
September 17, 2018 - Very nice wine.
Still ruby colored.
November 29, 2016 - Smooth, balanced, not very sweet and absolutely drinkable.
December 5, 2013 - A wonderful young port. My problem with Vesuvio is that I am always tempted by infanticide. These are so good when they are young. With a little accompanying chocolate, the red fruit flavors really pop, with a dark wild cherry expressing itself. I need to find more, as I feel this will evolve well for many years.
April 4, 2013 - Popped and poured.
Concentrated nose with blueberries and blackberries, fig and sweet spice.
Still youthful but not unyielding. Palate is smooth with soft tannins, unnoticeable alcoohol
and perfectly balanced acidity. Not overtly sweet it is drinking well now and can accompany
finger food nicely. Will need time to gain complexity however. Good wine!
December 31, 2011 - Nose of blueberry and tar with a whiny of pepper and Asian spice. Blueberry and tar with a long finish.
November 25, 2010 - Monthly Tasting Group LTB 2010-09; Portugal (By EvA): Really beautiful in its youth stage. Pure and concentrated blackberry juice. Silky soft tannin. (This will be beautiful with rare stake for the next 2 - 3 years!!) It is so beautiful now, but it will almost certainly close down somewhere between 2012 and 2014. Drink some of your bottles in this wonderful drinking stage and keep the rest for after 2023. A beauty already and a great promise! 93 - 95+
November 3, 2010 - Strong bitter vegetal nose. Sweet on the palate, but still a bit of smoke that lingers.