Popped and poured from 375ml. This is a dark wine with a medium-red core, everything-staining concentration, and some heavy sediment at the end of the bottle. The nose is grapey, with cooked fruit and some burnt wood aspects. In the mouth, this is rich, loaded, and slightly grainy from the sediment. The finish is likewise rich and deep, with chocolate and fig aspects. Overall, this is a big hitter of a wine that should last forever. I don’t drink enough Vintage Port. 90 points.
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Gouté suite aux vintages de Dow's, Graham's et Warre's (à peine buvables) qui étaient capiteux, lourds et unidimensionnels, on est ici sur un équilibre beaucoup plus haut, harmonieux, digeste et frais mais pas moins intense... Niepoort et rien d'autre (ou presque)!
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Tasting Training for WSET Level 4, Units D4 + D5 - Session 1: Wine 6: The wine has a dark ruby colour. The nose has medium(+) intensity and seems a little restrained. Aromas include primary characteristics of dark cherry, blueberry, blackberry, and cassis, as well as secondary characteristics like chocolate and spices.
On the palate the wine is sweet, with medium(+) acidity, high-level tannin that is fully ripe, high alcohol, and a full body. The flavour intensity is pronounced, flavours include primary characteristics of dark cherry, blueberry, and blackberry, as well as secondary characteristics of chocolate and spices. The wine has a lightly creamy texture, the finish is very long.
This wine is of outstanding quality since it has ripe, high quality tannin that is well-integrated, good complexity, very good concentration and intensity on the palate, good balance of fruit, sweetness and acidity, and a long finish. While the wine is enjoyable now thanks to the high quality of tannin, it is very young and will benefit from further aging in bottle. 92+ for now.
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On the palate the wine is sweet, with medium(+) acidity, high tannin, high alcohol, and a full body. The flavours are of pronounced intensity, flavours again include primary characteristics of dark fruit (e.g., plum, blackberry, dark cherry as well as secondary and tertiary characteristics like chocolate, spices, honey, fig, and black tea leaf. The texture is lightly creamy. Alcohol and tannin are integrated well. The finish is long.
This wine is of outstanding quality since it has very good complexity, very good concentration, very good intensity on the palate, and a long finish, and alcohol and tannin are integrated well. While the wine arguably is drinkable now, it is very young, and is suitable for and will benefit from aging in bottle.
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A powerhouse of fresh sweetness, acid and tannins. Lovely now, but will surely develop. But there is something utterly charming about the fresh infancy of this wine, so why wait?
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very dark colour with Purple rim. nose: sweet prunes/risins, robust. taste: fruity, medium (-) acidity; high tannins volume - of very good quality. very long finish full of sweet california prunes.
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Coravin. Lukt av mørke bær, tørket frukt, anis og litt alkohol. Smak av mørke bær, rosin, tørket daddel, plommesyltetøy, anis og mørk sjokolade. Mørk og moden frukt, medium syre, medium tannin og alkohol. Veldig fersk nå og forventer bedre balanse med tiden.
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4/21/2024 - whitmanlholt wrote: 90 Points
Popped and poured from 375ml. This is a dark wine with a medium-red core, everything-staining concentration, and some heavy sediment at the end of the bottle. The nose is grapey, with cooked fruit and some burnt wood aspects. In the mouth, this is rich, loaded, and slightly grainy from the sediment. The finish is likewise rich and deep, with chocolate and fig aspects. Overall, this is a big hitter of a wine that should last forever. I don’t drink enough Vintage Port. 90 points.
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12/31/2023 - Andehan77 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Stil young and full of berries and sweetnes. Lasting all the way to the moon. Glad I have one more bottle to save for another 10-15 years or so.
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7/18/2023 - nadecesse wrote:
Gouté suite aux vintages de Dow's, Graham's et Warre's (à peine buvables) qui étaient capiteux, lourds et unidimensionnels, on est ici sur un équilibre beaucoup plus haut, harmonieux, digeste et frais mais pas moins intense... Niepoort et rien d'autre (ou presque)!
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12/20/2021 - Mickelintott wrote: 90 Points
Blåröd färg signalerar ungdom. Rejäl kraft i smaken där russin dominerar. Detta vin ska givetvis sparas för att uppnå högre njutning och poäng.
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9/14/2021 - PSPatrick wrote: 92 Points
Tasting Training for WSET Level 4, Units D4 + D5 - Session 1: Wine 6: The wine has a dark ruby colour. The nose has medium(+) intensity and seems a little restrained. Aromas include primary characteristics of dark cherry, blueberry, blackberry, and cassis, as well as secondary characteristics like chocolate and spices.
On the palate the wine is sweet, with medium(+) acidity, high-level tannin that is fully ripe, high alcohol, and a full body. The flavour intensity is pronounced, flavours include primary characteristics of dark cherry, blueberry, and blackberry, as well as secondary characteristics of chocolate and spices. The wine has a lightly creamy texture, the finish is very long.
This wine is of outstanding quality since it has ripe, high quality tannin that is well-integrated, good complexity, very good concentration and intensity on the palate, good balance of fruit, sweetness and acidity, and a long finish. While the wine is enjoyable now thanks to the high quality of tannin, it is very young and will benefit from further aging in bottle. 92+ for now.
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9/4/2021 - PSPatrick wrote: 93 Points
WSET Level 4, Unit D5: Fortified Wines Part I - Port, Madeira and VDN (Weinakademie Österreich, Rust, Austria): Wine 4: The wine has a deep ruby colour. The nose has medium(+) intensity and seems a little reserved. It shows primary aromas of dark fruit (e.g., plum, blackberry, cassis), and red fruit (e.g., cherry), as well as secondary and tertiary characteristics like chocolate, spices, and fig.
On the palate the wine is sweet, with medium(+) acidity, high tannin, high alcohol, and a full body. The flavours are of pronounced intensity, flavours again include primary characteristics of dark fruit (e.g., plum, blackberry, dark cherry as well as secondary and tertiary characteristics like chocolate, spices, honey, fig, and black tea leaf. The texture is lightly creamy. Alcohol and tannin are integrated well. The finish is long.
This wine is of outstanding quality since it has very good complexity, very good concentration, very good intensity on the palate, and a long finish, and alcohol and tannin are integrated well. While the wine arguably is drinkable now, it is very young, and is suitable for and will benefit from aging in bottle.
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7/3/2021 - Mazy Likes this wine:
Summer Dreamer: Une bombe de cerises avec des notes d’épices douces, sans amertume.
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2/15/2020 - InVinjeVeritas wrote: 95 Points
A powerhouse of fresh sweetness, acid and tannins. Lovely now, but will surely develop. But there is something utterly charming about the fresh infancy of this wine, so why wait?
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12/1/2018 - Jeffyboy Likes this wine: 92 Points
very dark colour with Purple rim. nose: sweet prunes/risins, robust. taste: fruity, medium (-) acidity; high tannins volume - of very good quality. very long finish full of sweet california prunes.
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11/23/2017 - Andre Brattland Likes this wine: 93 Points
Portvinen er rik og stor på nesen mer sylskarp mørk frukt som treffer godt. Lett sjokoladepreg på baksiden her også.
Portvinen har en middels konsentrasjon med nydelig solbærtoddy, fint lærpreg og med et lett brent preg. Nestne litt fløyelstendenser.
Fast tanninstruktur og denne vinen har et drikkevindu nå eller om 30-40 år. Opp til deg. Flott Portvin! www.botti.no
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11/14/2017 - ttholst wrote: 94 Points
Coravin. Lukt av mørke bær, tørket frukt, anis og litt alkohol. Smak av mørke bær, rosin, tørket daddel, plommesyltetøy, anis og mørk sjokolade. Mørk og moden frukt, medium syre, medium tannin og alkohol. Veldig fersk nå og forventer bedre balanse med tiden.
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11/3/2017 - berlinhotel Likes this wine: 95 Points
Kurzprobe WorldofPort Portweinmesse Leverkusen:
95+
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8/31/2017 - theportguy wrote: 91 Points
2015 Vintage Port Tasting; 8/29/2017-8/31/2017 (Sammamish, Washington): Re-tasting this bottle two days after opening. Touch of spirit on the austere, tight nose. A hint of Grape Nehi with pronounced tannins on the mid-palate. Pleasant drinking with a medium-long finish.
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8/29/2017 - theportguy wrote: 90 Points
2015 Vintage Port Tasting; 8/29/2017-8/31/2017 (Sammamish, Washington): Subdues nose of red fruit. Cola and red fruit on the palate. Medium-long finish with barely noticeable tannins.
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