First vintage port. Vibrant ruby red red in the glass. Poor shows that not nearly as viscous as an aged port. Light aromatics. Medium body. Rich cherry notes with some plum and vanilla. Too much fruit for what I’m looking for in when I reach for a port. I’m assuming that has to do with age vs. quality. Quality seems like a very pure and balanced just more fruit than what I’m looking for.
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Quite young and dense inky black. Ripe and sweet and alcoholic and quite tannic. But lots of stuffing and quite flavorful 94+ Hold, even if it is so tasty now.
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Pop and pour to evaluate my semi-bulk purchase of this wine at Grocery Outlet. Very nice, clean, fruit and alcohol and sweetness, all seem in good balance. Fruit forward currently with plum, dark cherry, cocoa. Minor secondary flavors of prune, raisin. Should develop and last forever, will keep buying opportunistically via GO.
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4/18/2024 - novicemike wrote: 89 Points
First vintage port. Vibrant ruby red red in the glass. Poor shows that not nearly as viscous as an aged port. Light aromatics. Medium body. Rich cherry notes with some plum and vanilla. Too much fruit for what I’m looking for in when I reach for a port. I’m assuming that has to do with age vs. quality. Quality seems like a very pure and balanced just more fruit than what I’m looking for.
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10/6/2023 - AaronVG Likes this wine: 95 Points
So I have been drinking this over the last couple of years using my coravin, tonight’s glass was earth shattering.
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12/23/2022 - cos65 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Quite young and dense inky black.
Ripe and sweet and alcoholic and quite tannic.
But lots of stuffing and quite flavorful
94+
Hold, even if it is so tasty now.
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11/22/2021 - ChrisinCowiche wrote:
Pop and pour to evaluate my semi-bulk purchase of this wine at Grocery Outlet. Very nice, clean, fruit and alcohol and sweetness, all seem in good balance. Fruit forward currently with plum, dark cherry, cocoa. Minor secondary flavors of prune, raisin. Should develop and last forever, will keep buying opportunistically via GO.
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6/29/2021 - richshoes Likes this wine: 95 Points
Feminine, elegant, refined...molasses with hints of tar, coal, raisins
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