Community Tasting Note

z_willus_d wrote:

Friday, November 20, 2009 - Bought over a year ago. 1.5hr in large Burgundy glass @58F. Served chilled. COLOR- a darker tawny; something like orange cherry wood. NOSE- comes across about exactly like the "1986 Quinta do Noval Porto Colheita" I tried a year ago -- probably bottled around the same time too: light blueberry, almond paste (chewing the center-bite of an almond croissant), nutmeg, cookie dough, and a little resin. PALATE- really seamless and silk-like with the tingle of the alcohol and acid harassing my tongue-tip but leaving everything behind it at peace on a pillow of satin. Wide and expanding with sweet "nuttiness" but with a great focus down the center of tar, blueberry skins, baking spice and even Chinese plum sauce -- this really is a captivating tawny. I find it's best to sip this slow and let the liquid crawl along the palate, giving it time to do its work. Long in the finish, I'm breathing out fig-chutney for a good minute starting about 20s after swallow. Easy to recognize this as one of the finer(est) 20-year tawny offerings around. 91-92 pts., and I'm sure it will improve over the coming weeks, so I'm landing on the high side. Oh, and really some kind of crazy-good pairing with my Sally Jackson Goat cheese.

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