February 21, 2024 - Hard to add to Motz's notes below. Lovely deep red colour. This is a classic one and certainly can develop more. Shared with a small group, mostly not Port converts. They became so after this wine! Glad I laid down a few bottles. See you in ten years.
December 31, 2023 - Better than I remember - not too sweet. Elegant and balanced, showing well.
November 25, 2023 - Mesmerizing perfume! Fresh and dried fruits and berries, dark berry liqueur, dates, violets, 'sweet' herbs, dark chocolate ganache, black strap molasses, and layered minerality.
Concentrated, expansive, and bracing! Deceptively massive! Striking depth, range, and structure. This substantive wine invites imbibers to contemplate all things mysterious, meaningful, and satisfying.
Fifteen to twenty years from entering its drinking window, which should last for an additional decade. Magical experiences await the patient...or their heirs. 95-97.
December 24, 2022 - Beautiful ruby red
October 10, 2021 - Tasted over two days.
Well...this bottle put itself in my hand and seduced me into drinking it. At 10 years in, just beginning to show secondary elements, none of which are particularly defined. The whole package here, muddle fruits and berries, berry liqueurs, violets, spice, dark chocolate, coal, and black earth. Restrained power, spectacular frame, luxurious finish.
A touch more of everything good on the second day. Based on this experience, recommend holding until secondary elements come forward. This will be worth the wait. 95-96.
September 11, 2021 - This had settled plenty since the last time I tried it...still young but more balanced and less monolithic. Dark fruits; plums, figs, walnuts, a touch of herbaceousness, textured, rather lovely.
March 10, 2020 - Angelica wine club - Portugal (Strand Cellars, Croydon): Massive black fruit, umeboshi, inky almost, touches of reductiveness, an almost saline quality, plenty of spice, with time a little leathery note as well. And the palate is a fair representation of the nose with juicy acid and plenty of grainy tannins, liquorice, the tannins dry out the palate but the fruit persists. Alcohol warmth is already integrated. This is beautifully balanced and impetuously youthful.
March 7, 2020 - Similar to previous notes, a bit more sweet in style than I like.
Developed well over the course of several days - definitely improved a lot - lost much of the overt sweetness and became more balanced and relaxed.
November 29, 2018 - A nose of sweet dark fruits and spice, dark purple in color. A medium to full bodied red, with blackberry, black cherry, some chocolate and spice on finish, was very good, drank over 3 weeks. www.winelx.com
June 5, 2018 - 2016 Vintage Port - the Symington Family Estates (Restaurant Entrepot Amsterdam): Hefty red, a purple glow, some mint in the fresh bouquet, a green whiff, quite dry, good balance. the aftertaste is bit shorter compared to the Quinta de Roriz 2003.