Porto and chocolate

Rome - Cavalieri Hilton
Tasted Tuesday, October 2, 2012 by quaglia with 426 views

Introduction

After Banyuls and Calvados, another pairing with 6 different cru of Domori chocolate 100% criollo. Attended Franzoni, director of Domori.

Flight 1 (6 Notes)

  • 1981 Feist Porto Late Bottled Vintage 82 Points

    Portugal, Douro, Porto

    7 years in barrels.
    Topaz colour, fading amber.
    Wallnut's hull, and dried fruits, orange zest. Balsamic. A bit closed.
    Coherent at taste, long with a good balance and gentle alcohol. Fruity (Fighs)

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  • 1979 Cockburn Porto Late Bottled Vintage 85 Points

    Portugal, Douro, Porto

    Dark amber, brilliant.
    Very nice at nose: dried fruits and balsamic (menthol). Very elegant, also if maybe less rich than the 1981 Feist's.
    Very elegant and velvety in mouth. Noble, but less fruity.

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  • 1978 Sandeman Porto Late Bottled Vintage 78 Points

    Portugal, Douro, Porto

    Medium amber colour, a bit cloudy. Dried fruits and spicy, but not sweet. Balsamic (confora).
    Less elegant, with an overwhelming alcohol. Less structured and less fruit.
    The worst of the tasting. Past its time.

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  • 1974 Diez Hermanos Porto Late Bottled Vintage 83 Points

    Portugal, Douro, Porto

    Bottled in 1979.
    Amber yellow, brilliant, clean, gliceric like a Cognac.
    Dry fruits: walnuts, dattes, fighs...Iodine.
    Velvety at taste, sweetness not disturbing, very well rounded, maybe a bit short for alcohol coming out

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  • NV Fonseca Porto Bin 27 Finest Reserve 89 Points

    Portugal, Douro, Porto

    A blend of the best LBV.
    Full amber yellow, brilliant.
    Very complex and rich at nose. Balsamic, dry fruits, cocoa and bee's wax.
    Very long at tasting starting sweet and ending with a long mineral finish.
    The best without doubts.

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  • 1967 Lidador Porto Vintage 84 Points

    Portugal, Douro, Porto

    8 years in barrels.
    Iodine and dry fruits at nose, but also a bit smoky and burnt sugar.
    The sweetest of the 6 samples. Not very harmonic for alcohol coming out.

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Closing

Criollo chocolate is very elegant and not bitter at all. The Fonseca resulted the best combination with all 6..

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