Community Tasting Note

Loren Sonkin wrote:

Wednesday, February 8, 2017 - Another LWS, This time Ports, Madeira and Montillas (Western Reserve Wines): I have been drinking this wine for a long time. It must be 15 years since Parker reviewed very positively and it was under $20 at the time. Its up to $30 which would still be very fair. It does seem to me though that over time, the quality has gone down a bit. Not sure if it is the same blend, but this bottle did not seem to reach the heights of prior bottlings. That said, it still is an outstanding wine. Coffee in color with the slightest green tinge left coating the glass. The nose has coffee, a vegetable note, perhaps asparagus?, and burnt sugar. On the palate, thick and viscous. A bit of that Tootsie Roll quality I have noted in the past but not as boisterous. sweet but not cloying but then it really gets sweet on the finish. A little goes a very long way, but a nice way to finish a meal.

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