Sammamish Port Club - February 2019 (Sammamish, Washington): Dark purple in color. Opaque except for some slight lightening on the very edges Light-bodied with medium red fruit on the palate. The medium-long finish is full of flavor with cherry and currant.
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Drank a bottle early to check the development. Still mostly primary and highly concentrated. Drink then next bottle in 10 years....5 years at the earliest.
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A Nice Saturday Dinner in Oakville with Family Friends: Showing just a bit of development, though this still came across quite youthful to me. Nose is of prunes, dried plums, dried cherries, hints of toasted walnuts and brown sugar. Still focused mostly on the deep ripe fruit. The palate similarly enters on sweet ripe fruit with a good sugar/acid/alcohol balance and just the slightest secondary aromas poking out. Young but quite enjoyable.
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This seems a bit past mature judging by color alone as it tends towards more of a brownish red. Decanted about 5-6 hours (a long meal). Very tasty nonetheless. Sweet, dried plums, figs and raisins. Was fading the next day, but still drinkable after a few days. (Update - It really isn't brownish red. My light was bad. I poured another glass after this post. It is ruby/garnet with paling at the edges. Similar taste)
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Deep dark center, red rim with some signs of age. Licorice, black plums, blackberries, tar, roast meat, alcohol. Smooth at first then some acidity and tannin, slightly dirty wood, followed by cherries and raspberries, some obvious alcohol, good length of lighter red fruit, wood more integrated on the finish. Better than expected, good fruit, the slightly dirty wood detracts, still a good acid and tannin backbone. Drinks okay now, but will last for a few more years.
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Very nice. A 3 hour decant and then consumed over 2 hours. Something of a surprise: a wonderfully sweet, voluptuous style but lacking the tannic backbone you'd expect. In short, beautiful on the surface but without much depth.
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4/8/2022 - Akatz821 Likes this wine: 89 Points
Cinnamon, star anise, currants, dark rum, plums. Very light bodied in comparison to other port I’ve had. Fun, but not great
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2/16/2019 - theportguy wrote: 92 Points
Sammamish Port Club - February 2019 (Sammamish, Washington): Dark purple in color. Opaque except for some slight lightening on the very edges Light-bodied with medium red fruit on the palate. The medium-long finish is full of flavor with cherry and currant.
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11/14/2016 - kakpoo Likes this wine: 91 Points
Drank a bottle early to check the development. Still mostly primary and highly concentrated. Drink then next bottle in 10 years....5 years at the earliest.
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10/18/2014 - Wine Canuck wrote:
A Nice Saturday Dinner in Oakville with Family Friends: Showing just a bit of development, though this still came across quite youthful to me. Nose is of prunes, dried plums, dried cherries, hints of toasted walnuts and brown sugar. Still focused mostly on the deep ripe fruit. The palate similarly enters on sweet ripe fruit with a good sugar/acid/alcohol balance and just the slightest secondary aromas poking out. Young but quite enjoyable.
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10/22/2013 - drdecanto wrote: 89 Points
This seems a bit past mature judging by color alone as it tends towards more of a brownish red. Decanted about 5-6 hours (a long meal). Very tasty nonetheless. Sweet, dried plums, figs and raisins. Was fading the next day, but still drinkable after a few days. (Update - It really isn't brownish red. My light was bad. I poured another glass after this post. It is ruby/garnet with paling at the edges. Similar taste)
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6/20/2013 - pdadams66 Likes this wine: 87 Points
As before.
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5/14/2013 - pdadams66 Likes this wine: 88 Points
Deep dark center, red rim with some signs of age.
Licorice, black plums, blackberries, tar, roast meat, alcohol.
Smooth at first then some acidity and tannin, slightly dirty wood, followed by cherries and raspberries, some obvious alcohol, good length of lighter red fruit, wood more integrated on the finish.
Better than expected, good fruit, the slightly dirty wood detracts, still a good acid and tannin backbone. Drinks okay now, but will last for a few more years.
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8/7/2012 - ecnemergut wrote: 87 Points
Very good: consumed over three evenings and served cool. Nice and sweet: a perfect "summer" port.
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8/13/2011 - ecnemergut wrote: 85 Points
Very nice. A 3 hour decant and then consumed over 2 hours. Something of a surprise: a wonderfully sweet, voluptuous style but lacking the tannic backbone you'd expect. In short, beautiful on the surface but without much depth.
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