February 19, 2024 - Tasted alongside the 2017.
Gorgeous perfume of blue and purple fruits and berries, thick petal flowers, late summer potpourri, berry liqueurs, mint, sous bois, and complex earthiness. Minimal alcohol intrusiveness. Sophisticated, layered, intriguing.
The wine tastes like it smells, in inflection changing waves. Harmonious at all phases. The elegance masks impressive structure. Deep and satisfying finish.
All elements point to an optimal drinking window after 2040. No reason not to sample bottles now and there is an upside. Higher quality than the 2017. 95-96.
June 23, 2023 - Of course deepest opaque black purple…
Cassis blackberry nose..alcohol whiff…thick unctuous body and legs
Deep blueberry, cassis, oak, but surprising acidic lift …
Not sweet and cloying…
Very nice port..
April 17, 2023 - #3 Cata Amics Porreres - Port; 4/15/2023-4/17/2023: 🧐APPEARANCE🧐 -
🌡️Intensity🌡️- Deep
🔴Colour (Red)🔴 - Ruby
👃🏼NOSE👃🏼 -
🌡️Intensity🌡️ - Pronnounced
🌺Floral🌺 - Rose
🍓Red fruit🍓 - Redcurrant,Cherry,Strawberry,Cranberry
☘️Herbal☘️ - Mint
🪵Oak🪵 - Vanilla,Clove
🍇Fruit development (Red)🍇 - Fig,Prune,Dried fruit
⚱️Bottle age (Red)⚱️ - Forest floor,Earth
👅PALATE👅 -
🍬Sweetness🍬 - Sweet
🧪Acidity🧪 - Medium (+)
🧬Tannin🧬 - High
🥴Alcohol🥴 - High
🏋Body🏋 - Full
🌡️Flavour intensity🌡️ - Pronnounced
🏁Finish🏁 - Long
🔚CONCLUSIONS🔜 -🗡EPIC🗡 - 4
🇶 Quality 🇶 - Outstanding
✅Readiness✅ - Can drink now, but has potential of ageing. Actually a bit too young still.
💯Personal score💯 - 95
March 25, 2022 - Good tannins. Not too sweet.
October 23, 2021 - Decanted 48 hours. Tasted blind alongside '17 Cockburn VP, '16 & '17 Dow VP, '16 & '17 Taylor's VP.
Thicker and darker fruit than both Dow's, not as muscular as either Taylor's, and with a shorter finish.
The 2016 Cockburn had more spice and earthiness, slightly less balanced fruit, slightly longer finish than the 2017 Cockburn.
Excellent, but weaker than the competitors.
August 23, 2020 - Cassis....cassis....cassis....
Did I mention cassis?
Drinks surprisingly well for a young port....delicious now but better
In years to come....
August 1, 2019 - Surprisingly good young in 2019, but will age a long time too.
March 23, 2019 - This was really nice! I hadn't realized how much better vintage ports could be, compared to the ports I had been drinking before. Very smooth, not too sweet.
January 11, 2019 - Vindredi (2016 Ports + California Cabernet) (Bellevue, WA): Candied fig and raisin. Sweet and pure, with a nice balance.
October 15, 2018 - The nose showed dusty, dark, sweet florals, ripe peaches, cherry, blackberry, smoke and hints of dried citrus. On the palate, I found a fresh expression, with vibrant acidity paving the way to spiced cherry with silky textures, as a wave of licorice, inner violet florals washed across the senses. It was unexpectedly fresh with a long finish, showing just a hint of heat, with citrus infused medicinal blackberry, and sweet violette pastille.