Community Tasting Note

Paul S wrote:

Monday, June 3, 2019 - Tasting of Sandeman Ports at Quinta do Seixo (Quinta do Seixo, Douro Valley, Portugal): Not amongst the very best 40-year tawnies in the market, but this was nevertheless a very commendable bottle. I really loved the nose on it - gentle, sweet, feminine; it wafted out of the glass in lovely drifts of toffee and honey, vanilla and spice, all curled around sweet notes of red fruits and floral roses. Very pretty. The palate was round, rich and ripe - really honeyed - yet it somehow remained really light on its feet. Here we had hints of chocolate, dried fruit, and shades of nut and spices, all couched in a nice glow of honeyed sweetness. It was not super complex, maybe lacking the layered moreishness of the very best tawnies at this age, but it was nevertheless really charming given that lovely lithe balance it had. Yummy.

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