June 18, 2023 - Colour: intense ruby heading towards garnet
Nose: medium intensity, tertiary, developed. Blackberry, blackcurrant jam, black cherry. Strawberry jam? Raisins, dried figs. Cedar, nutmeg, cocoa. Tobacco, leather, dried hay, and maybe earth. High alcohol quite noticeable.
Palate: sweet, medium tannins, medium(+) acidity, high alcohol (20,5%), full bodied. Medium(+) intensity, long finish. Blackberry, blackcurrant jam, black cherry. Strawberry jam? Raisins, dried figs. Cedar, nutmeg, cocoa. Tobacco, leather, dried hay, and maybe earth. Some pungency from alcohol, but less than on the nose.
Conclusions: very good. Quite smooth on the palate, and drinking very nicely. Can drink now, but suited for further ageing (not sure how long though - maybe just another 5 or 10 years???). LOTS of sediment in the bottle.
Seal: natural cork.
Notes from half bottle.
August 21, 2022 - Nice wine! But extrem amounts of deposits.
April 9, 2022 - Full and very sweet. Raisin and other dry fruit.
February 17, 2022 - Monthly tasting club "The Tasting Club" 2022-1; Vintage Port (@ RvD by PvL): Soft and ripe bouquet with plums and raisins. On the palate chocolate, sweet spices, full bodied and round with good acidity, but also a bit alcoholic in the finish. 90 - 91
December 28, 2021 - gav t Marianne, Mikael, Jonas o Dean som julklapp
December 26, 2021 - Some fruit left but this is mostly tertiary now. Not complete harmony but very good and interesting for the price. Don’t think it will improve further. Less sweetness now and a prefer enjoying it on its own.
December 19, 2021 - Colour ruby red.
On the nose warm spices; cinnamon, muscot. Almond pastry. Sweet and earthy.
On the palate sweet and spicy; very nice and promising.
However some fiery alcohol heat remains, that hampers the overall impression.
I'll let this lie for quite a while.
June 25, 2017 - Very dark colour still, although some bricking is noticeable. Beautifully balanced nose, packed with floral and flinty aromas, together with dark fruit, spice and some tobacco / leather. Mid-weight on the palate, giving much the same flavours as on the nose. Quite tight still and slightly spirity / fiery finish. This is just getting started, masses of upward potential.