TASTE: dry; nutty; whisky-like; 20% alc. very noticeable; toasted pecans; medium+ acidity. Very good, and possibly low-level excellent. Should have drank it much closer to its purchase date of 10 years ago.
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My friend Loek surprised me after the Latour'71 with a very gentle and light on its feet Kopke '82 (bottled 20012). The style is (without real aeration) like a Banyuls or a Maury; very fresh, showing less alcohol than the 20 percent and with an elegant refreshing acidity. The next wine? the 2005 von Bassermann-Jordan 2005 Deidesheimer Kieselberg Beerenauslese.
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D#1: color is translucent brown/tawny throughout, nose is raisiny, nutty, a bit of wood and spice, and heat is not abrasive. Palate has balanced acidity/sweetness, not cloying, less nutty than the nose, more salted caramel and raisin. Finish is warm, long and tastes of dried dates. Delicious colheita at 36yrs. Bottled 2011. 93-94
D#9: more or less the same with a little less heat and more pronounced brown sugar
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Morgan and York, Ann Arbor, delivered a Serra de Estrela wheel, about 1.6 pounds. Jackie and I are going to have a cheesefest for dinner tonight, including a St. Andre and a Berthault Bourgogne.
10/4/2017 rated 92 points: 1982 Kopke Porto Colheita (Portugal, Douro, Porto). 20 pabv; 500 ml/$76/Dorothy Lane Market, Oakwood (Dayton), OH. Produced, bottled, and shipped by Sogevius Fine WInes S.A., Vila Nova de Gaia. US Importer Wineworth LLC,. Belleville, WA 98005. Also available in halves and full bottles.
Sadly, t-corked. $76/500 ml about $102 per 750 ml basis). Bottled 2009, 27 years later 'matured in wood.' (Decanted today, 2/27/2018 2 pm)--double back into bottle. THe last bottle was quite cloudy, even after port filtration, with about 1/2 ounce 'mud' at bottom. However, this one was a beautiful tawny, with just a few crumbs of crust. Added perhaps a teaspoonful of water to an ounce for Jackie and I in copitas.
A sweet plum, smoke, vanillin, subtle tarry asphalt, and caramel nose with a dryish finish and intense oak, completed with a juicy note and a twist of quinine bitterness. Very juicy and appetizing on the finish, with subtle tannins. 92/100; 2018-2028.
Served with Serra do Estrella Cheese, about 1.5 percent, Morgan and York, about $35/lb. Floral and full of herbosity, sweet cream, and orange flower, served on rice crackers. A wonderful match wiith the port.
A certain amount of healing in John's throat allows this wine to be enjoyed, at about a week open, much better than expected. There are notes of almost syrupy sweet coffee, caramel verging onto milk chocolate, burnt rubber, and a lot less heat than I had a right to expect--close to none at all. Another vividly fruity, smoky, crisply caramel and bacon fat merging into the sweetness, on March 18, 2018. Very, very nice, with beautiful smooth and fluid texture.
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1982 Kopke Porto Colheita (Portugal, Douro, Porto). 20 pabv; 500 ml/$76/Dorothy Lane Market, Oakwood (Dayton), OH. Produced, bottled, and shipped by Sogevius Fine WInes S.A., Vila Nova de Gaia. US Importer Wineworth LLC,. Belleville, WA 98005.
Sadly, t-corked. $76/500 ml about $102 per 750 ml basis). Bottled 2009, 27 years later 'matured in wood.' (Decanted today, 10/2/2017 10:30 a.m.)--double back into bottle. Quite cloudy, even after port filtration, with about 1/2 ounce 'mud' at bottom. Will need to taste today and then revisit as needed.
Tudor legs. Color very tawny-green. Honey, winesap apple, fig-roast walnuts and almonds at first with a little rough (volatile?) back-edge to nose. Integrated sweetness and fruit giving the impression of a drier style. The baked cherry tart taste reminds one of a fine old Grenache-based Vin Doux Naturel from the south of France with good trebles added on for size. Of course a completely different style than a vintage port from the era; very easy drinking, smooth, and long. Will follow. 92/100. Drink now and over the next week or three in the decanter. Although this is full of interest for me as a porto-lover, it's a crowd pleaser as well and needs no apologies to anyone who chooses it as a tipple. Will hold OK in the cellar, but don't overtire it--now-2023.
Food match: Jackie's Southern Cone Caramel Flan--very small sips bring up an integrated citrus note on palate--very fine.
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Bottled 2015. A fairly simple, monochromatic colheita showing lots of raisiny notes on the nose. Full and fat on the palate with a thick, almost viscous texture. Very sweet. One would hope for a little more acidity here to provide a bit more balance and structure.
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bottled in 2011, so this is a solid ~30 year tawny. intoxicating nose of raisins, caramel, brown sugar, candied orange, and even some herbal notes. more of the same on the palate, but with a lingering sweetness that goes forever.
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Bottled in 2003. Really excellent and actually a lot better than expected :-) Lots of burnt brown sugar and caramel mixed with different nutty flavors.
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12/18/2021 - grafstrb wrote:
-- popped and poured --
-- tasted non-blind over a couple days --
-- bottled in 2011 --
NOSE: epoxy; woodsy, like a Highland whisky; high-toned; obvious and typical tawny port aromas.
BODY: slightly burnt caramel color; medium-full bodied.
TASTE: dry; nutty; whisky-like; 20% alc. very noticeable; toasted pecans; medium+ acidity. Very good, and possibly low-level excellent. Should have drank it much closer to its purchase date of 10 years ago.
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4/27/2018 - FransS wrote:
The port below wasn't bottled in 20012 of course, but in 2002.
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4/27/2018 - FransS wrote: 92 Points
My friend Loek surprised me after the Latour'71 with a very gentle and light on its feet Kopke '82 (bottled 20012). The style is (without real aeration) like a Banyuls or a Maury; very fresh, showing less alcohol than the 20 percent and with an elegant refreshing acidity. The next wine? the 2005 von Bassermann-Jordan 2005 Deidesheimer Kieselberg Beerenauslese.
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3/16/2018 - Vinophiliac559 wrote: 94 Points
D#1: color is translucent brown/tawny throughout, nose is raisiny, nutty, a bit of wood and spice, and heat is not abrasive. Palate has balanced acidity/sweetness, not cloying, less nutty than the nose, more salted caramel and raisin. Finish is warm, long and tastes of dried dates. Delicious colheita at 36yrs. Bottled 2011. 93-94
D#9: more or less the same with a little less heat and more pronounced brown sugar
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2/27/2018 - sweetstuff wrote: 92 Points
Morgan and York, Ann Arbor, delivered a Serra de Estrela wheel, about 1.6 pounds. Jackie and I are going to have a cheesefest for dinner tonight, including a St. Andre and a Berthault Bourgogne.
10/4/2017 rated 92 points: 1982 Kopke Porto Colheita (Portugal, Douro, Porto). 20 pabv; 500 ml/$76/Dorothy Lane Market, Oakwood (Dayton), OH. Produced, bottled, and shipped by Sogevius Fine WInes S.A., Vila Nova de Gaia. US Importer Wineworth LLC,. Belleville, WA 98005. Also available in halves and full bottles.
Sadly, t-corked. $76/500 ml about $102 per 750 ml basis). Bottled 2009, 27 years later 'matured in wood.' (Decanted today, 2/27/2018 2 pm)--double back into bottle. THe last bottle was quite cloudy, even after port filtration, with about 1/2 ounce 'mud' at bottom. However, this one was a beautiful tawny, with just a few crumbs of crust. Added perhaps a teaspoonful of water to an ounce for Jackie and I in copitas.
A sweet plum, smoke, vanillin, subtle tarry asphalt, and caramel nose with a dryish finish and intense oak, completed with a juicy note and a twist of quinine bitterness. Very juicy and appetizing on the finish, with subtle tannins. 92/100; 2018-2028.
Served with Serra do Estrella Cheese, about 1.5 percent, Morgan and York, about $35/lb. Floral and full of herbosity, sweet cream, and orange flower, served on rice crackers. A wonderful match wiith the port.
A certain amount of healing in John's throat allows this wine to be enjoyed, at about a week open, much better than expected. There are notes of almost syrupy sweet coffee, caramel verging onto milk chocolate, burnt rubber, and a lot less heat than I had a right to expect--close to none at all. Another vividly fruity, smoky, crisply caramel and bacon fat merging into the sweetness, on March 18, 2018. Very, very nice, with beautiful smooth and fluid texture.
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10/4/2017 - sweetstuff wrote: 92 Points
1982 Kopke Porto Colheita (Portugal, Douro, Porto). 20 pabv; 500 ml/$76/Dorothy Lane Market, Oakwood (Dayton), OH. Produced, bottled, and shipped by Sogevius Fine WInes S.A., Vila Nova de Gaia. US Importer Wineworth LLC,. Belleville, WA 98005.
Sadly, t-corked. $76/500 ml about $102 per 750 ml basis). Bottled 2009, 27 years later 'matured in wood.' (Decanted today, 10/2/2017 10:30 a.m.)--double back into bottle. Quite cloudy, even after port filtration, with about 1/2 ounce 'mud' at bottom. Will need to taste today and then revisit as needed.
Tudor legs. Color very tawny-green. Honey, winesap apple, fig-roast walnuts and almonds at first with a little rough (volatile?) back-edge to nose. Integrated sweetness and fruit giving the impression of a drier style. The baked cherry tart taste reminds one of a fine old Grenache-based Vin Doux Naturel from the south of France with good trebles added on for size. Of course a completely different style than a vintage port from the era; very easy drinking, smooth, and long. Will follow. 92/100. Drink now and over the next week or three in the decanter. Although this is full of interest for me as a porto-lover, it's a crowd pleaser as well and needs no apologies to anyone who chooses it as a tipple. Will hold OK in the cellar, but don't overtire it--now-2023.
Food match: Jackie's Southern Cone Caramel Flan--very small sips bring up an integrated citrus note on palate--very fine.
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8/14/2015 - D. Fulton wrote: 89 Points
Bottled 2015. A fairly simple, monochromatic colheita showing lots of raisiny notes on the nose. Full and fat on the palate with a thick, almost viscous texture. Very sweet. One would hope for a little more acidity here to provide a bit more balance and structure.
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7/22/2012 - mtaczak wrote: 93 Points
bottled in 2011, so this is a solid ~30 year tawny. intoxicating nose of raisins, caramel, brown sugar, candied orange, and even some herbal notes. more of the same on the palate, but with a lingering sweetness that goes forever.
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4/17/2011 - canan wrote: 93 Points
Bottled in 2003.
Really excellent and actually a lot better than expected :-)
Lots of burnt brown sugar and caramel mixed with different nutty flavors.
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