1853 Whitwham Porto Millennium- Reserve King Pedro V
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theportguy wrote:
95 Points
Saturday, April 29, 2023 - Guys Port Weekend - LA (Claremont, CA): This is a while that has a bit of controversy in its history. I've heard several stories regarding this wine, and as best as I can piece together (nothing has been verified), this is supposedly a Niepoort Colheita bottled in 2001, but I have also heard that this wasn't actually a Niepoort wine, just that Niepoort did the bottling. Dark amber-purple in color. Great nose of old dark fruit with maple and old dusty wood on the nose. Rich butterscotch and orange spice on the palate, with exceptional balance and stunning intensity. Wow! Great complexity and a very long finish.
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Comment posted by StefanAkiko:
3/22/2024 1:35:00 AM - If you read the back label, it says:
WHITWHAMS
MILLENNIUM
ROYAL RESERVE PORT
"Some Douro farmers have hidden treasures. Old Ports that lay in cask, undisturbed in family cellars throughout generations, sometimes crossing several centuries.
This rare wine was produced by the Cavaleiro family in the Upper Douro to celebrate the coronation of King Pedro V of Portugal, in the middle of the XIXth century. Jast over one pipe of this wine has lain undisturbed in the same family hands ever since.
L After nearly one and a half century in cask, the time has come for the wine to be bottled and for it to be enjoyed in the 21" century, the new Millennium. The wine finally made its way down the Douro in February 2001 and was bottled by Niepoort in their Vila Nova de Gaia lodges".
WHITWHAMS MILLENNIUM PORT
Bottled by
Niepoort
(VINHOS), S.A. PORTO, PORTUGAL PRODUCE OF PORTUGAL
20% alc/vol
e75dl/750ml