Community Tasting Note

sweetstuff wrote:

Saturday, April 18, 2015 - 20 pabv. Takes a while to relax after opening, and it's my experience that these improve for about 2 weeks after the T-cork comes out.

Medium amount of sand-grain like tartrates. Thick glass-coating and slow-falling tears.

Chocolate, malt, cherry, delicately sweetened veal broth and yeast. A big mouthful punch of flavor on entry; great juiciness, and a nice dollop of PX arrope sweetening wine. The Imperial can beat the Royal all hollow when tasted together, but the Royal is actually a great tipple on its own. Good length and tactile tannins. 2 weeks after opening. So we'll re-visit.

Found in a small grocery store wandering about Arruba on Barbara's 65th birthday.
d Soleras sherry, quite a fine value--compare it with a 20 year old Sandeman Porto dated tawny ($50 average cost per WineCellar Pro), with, per Roy Hersh, For the Love of Port...The style, of course, very different. A savory/bitter finish of fine persistence. This is a dessert-style Oloros and not a dry or aperitif Oloroso.

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