Community Tasting Notes 8

• Marc wrote: 87 points

  February 18, 2024 - Drunk over three days, this wine always provided a lush, sweet and slightly jammy experience. Rather richer in nature than most vintage ports, it is absolutely ready to drink at the moment, and it could be that it develops in a positive manner over the next decade. Delicious, but possibly in need of a bit of structure.

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• Marc wrote: 90 points

  February 16, 2024 - Geoff and Marion come down to visit! (Wanaka Wedge House, Queensberry, Central Otago, New Zealand): Drunk with Geoff and Marion - really wonderful! Very sweet, and while mature, this is still feels incredibly fruit forward, with a beautiful, creamy texture. The 20% alcohol is subsumed in the extravagant nature of the palate. A lot of fun to drink!

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• forceberry wrote: 90 points

  September 30, 2021 - 20% alcohol.
  
  Dark, dense and fully opaque blackish-red color with an evolved figgy hue. Surprisingly evolved and even slightly oxidative nose with aromas of raisins and dried dates, some cacao nibs, a little bit of dried dates, light boozy notes of alcohol, oxidative hints of meat stew and soy sauce and a touch of strawberry jam. The wine is dense, chewy and very sweet on the palate with a noticeably full body and intense flavors of raisins and dried dates, some oxidative notes of meat stew, a little bit of fig liqueur, light evolved waxy tones, a hint of syrupy richness and a touch of soy sauce. Although the wine feels noticeably big and rich for a Vintage Port, it comes across as surprisingly balanced, thanks to its rather high acidity and still quite grippy medium-plus tannins. The sweetness makes the mouthfeel a bit sticky. The finish is broad and slightly sticky with long, evolved and noticeably sweet flavors of raisins, some dried dates, light oxidative notes of meat stew, soy sauce and umami, a little bit of peppery spice and a hint of cacao nibs.
  
  A surprisingly evolved - perhaps even prematurely so - and super-rich Vintage Port that came across as the sweetest and weightiest in style in our tasting of five Vintage Ports. Furthermore, this wine was noticeably more evolved than most of the other wines, even though this was the youngest vintage as well. Apparently the 2003 vintage was very hot in Douro, which has lent a quite ponderous and raisiny feel to the wine and perhaps also contributed to the somewhat limited aging potential of his wine. Unlike the two remarkably youthful 1997 Vintage Ports in our tasting (Dow and Taylor) that were still probably decades away from their apogees, this Kopke 2003 felt like it was very close to its peak, or already peaking now. While some Amarones are every now and then described as "Porty", in this tasting this particular Vintage Port felt much more "Amaroney" than any other Port. Pretty good stuff, but didn't reach the heights of the other bottles. But then again, this was a bargain at 31,40€, even when taking the quality into account.

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• Grinner wrote: 92 points

  May 16, 2020 - Woodward Cellar Emptying; 5/15/2020-5/16/2020 (Woodyville): A bit rustic and coarse with notes of various liqueurs, nuts, spices, and cocoa. Great with Rogue Creamery Blues!

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• jkwoodward Likes this wine: 93 points

  May 16, 2020 - Out of half bottle with Rogue Creamery Reserve Blue, what a nice pairing.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2003
• Type Red - Fortified
• Producer Kopke
• Varietal Port Blend
• Designation Vintage
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Portugal
• Region Douro
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation Porto
• UPC Codes 5601194705297, 722690500102

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• In Cellars 146 (79%)
• Consumed 39 (21%)

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