1998 Noon Grenache Vintage Port

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 88.8 points

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  5/23/2014 - sawira wrote: 84 Points

  Hmmm. Interesting. I've saved this bottle for years, thinking it would be a treat. Maybe too young, but I doubt it. The fruit is fading, and this is such a cough syrupy, alcoholic, hot finish, mess. Just not my thing. I'd say this is falling apart and was better in 09, when last tasted.
  Two nights later - this has potential to be something in a decade. Let the last bottle rest. Caramel notes coming through that make it somewhat appealing. One sixth of this bottle is sediment at this point, not exaggerating.

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  4/18/2009 - sawira wrote: 95 Points

  This bottle so different from the last. Deep, beautiful purple, almost black color. Powerful black and purple fruit nose, with alcohol back. Then on the palate a smorgaasbord of sweet and complex fruits, balanced and enriched by a myriad of flavors - incense, metallic and mineral elements (pleasant), sweet floral notes, and deft oak. Mind-blowing really. Not a stylish mature, old vintage port profile, or even a young, tannic vintage port profile, this is another animal altogether - a new world version - and very enjoyable for what it is. Not sure if there's the balance to last, but the elements are all there for decades of life. Impressive.
  
  Note: This wine has thrown more sediment than any I can remember for its age and bottle size. Stand upright for a time, and then seriously decant. Significantly worth the effort.

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  12/19/2008 - sawira wrote: 89 Points

  Cough syrupy. Great depth, length, viscosity, even some complexity, but.........cough syrupy. HUGE amount of sediment. Could have effected tasting. Decant carefully next time.

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