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by Alex Bridgeman
22:59 Fri 12 Jan 2024
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: 1968 Sandeman
Replies: 0
Views: 18619

1968 Sandeman

Smokey nose with only a little fruit. Dirty fruit on the palate. Dry. Not pleasant. Not rated. Tasted 28-Dec-23.
by Alex Bridgeman
22:58 Fri 12 Jan 2024
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: 1963 Sandeman
Replies: 0
Views: 18531

1963 Sandeman

A soft rose red colour, 60% opaque. Subdued on the nose, a little dusty fruit. A lovely sensation of focused fruit on the palace, coming with a nice grip, youthful but with delicious signs of early maturity. Superb fruit on the aftertaste leading to a lingering raspberry finish along with some rosew...
by Alex Bridgeman
22:57 Fri 12 Jan 2024
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: 1962 Quinta do Noval Nacional
Replies: 0
Views: 18247

1962 Quinta do Noval Nacional

Deep red tone, looking to be in early maturity; 90% opaque. A lovely nose of deep red fruit - raspberries perhaps? Sweet fruit leads on the palate, a delicious blend of strawberry jam and plum; big and vivacious. Plum and lavender on the aftertaste, with the lavender dominating the finish. This is a...
by Alex Bridgeman
22:55 Fri 12 Jan 2024
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: 1945 Kobenhagen
Replies: 1
Views: 13414

1945 Kobenhagen

Mature burnished copper colour. Limited nose, but what shows is dominated by the fruit. Dry edges on the palate from the fresh and slightly rustic tannins, limited youthful fruit that is not yet at its best although the wine is very nice. Youthful black and red fruit on the aftertaste; barely mature...
by Alex Bridgeman
22:53 Fri 12 Jan 2024
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: 1975 Graham
Replies: 0
Views: 18224

1975 Graham

A gentle rose red colour, 20% opaque. Bizarre nose on the wine, really odd - full of lavender soap. Soapy orange on the palate, a little tannin giving a gentle dry grip. A really peculiar combination! A little heat on the aftertaste, a finish which is the best feature of the wine. Surely this cannot...
by Alex Bridgeman
22:52 Fri 12 Jan 2024
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: 1966 Graham
Replies: 0
Views: 18233

1966 Graham

Mature copper-red colour, 30% opaque. A little limited on the nose, showing some faint cranberry sauce. A lovely texture on the palate, delightful tannins and cranberry sauce on the palate. Full of life and totally vivacious. Great acidity keeps the palate focused and the fruit to the fore. Lingerin...
by Alex Bridgeman
22:52 Fri 12 Jan 2024
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: 1955 Graham
Replies: 0
Views: 18224

1955 Graham

A mature burnished copper colour, 40% opaque. A glorious mature nose. The palate brings sweet fruit, beautifully spiced through decades of slumber - dried red fruit, citrus zest and delicious Christmas spices. Lingering sweet dried raspberry and All Spice on the aftertaste and finish. A phenomenal V...
by Alex Bridgeman
22:51 Fri 12 Jan 2024
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: 1985 Fonseca
Replies: 0
Views: 17972

1985 Fonseca

Deep red colour with a medium rim. A nose of sweet plums blended with an impressive floral perfume. Beautiful on the palate, with generous bramble fruit carrying soft and gentle tannins that swim effortlessly in the flow of the fruit. Long, dark bramble fruit aftertaste and finish. This is lovely yo...
by Alex Bridgeman
22:50 Fri 12 Jan 2024
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: 1970 Fonseca
Replies: 0
Views: 18362

1970 Fonseca

Magnum. Opened 19.00, decanted at 09.00 for 4 hours before being returned to the bottle. Mature and quite dark red in colour, 70% opaque. Restrained on the nose showing a little lovely fruit. Mature and delicious on the palate, a delightful texture, full of fruit giving a wonderful mouthful of fruit...
by Alex Bridgeman
22:48 Fri 12 Jan 2024
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: Thu 28 Dec 2023: Bring A Bottle Or Two
Replies: 44
Views: 193952

Re: Thu 28 Dec 2023: Bring A Bottle Or Two

I can't be bothered to start a review thread for the wines we had at this blind tasting, so I've created this list of links to the (fortified) wines we had that evening: 1970 Delaforce 1964 Dow LBV 1970 Fonseca 1985 Fonseca 1955 Graham 1966 Graham 1975 Graham 1945 Kobenhagen 1962 Quinta do Noval Nac...
by Alex Bridgeman
22:44 Fri 12 Jan 2024
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: 1964 Dow LBV
Replies: 0
Views: 18266

1964 Dow LBV

A warm, burnished copper colour, 40% opaque. A beautiful nose! Perfectly mature mandarin, very expressive. Smooth on the palate, full of wonderful orange honey. A fabulous spice in the mandarin and honey. Spicy and sweet with a nice honeyed finish. Lovely, although quite straightforward. Served blin...
by Alex Bridgeman
22:42 Fri 12 Jan 2024
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: 1970 Delaforce
Replies: 0
Views: 18476

1970 Delaforce

Mature red colour, 60% opaque. Perfumed and attractive on the nose. Smooth texture on the palate, satin, bringing rich Christmas cake flavours. Tannins blossom in the fruit, delivering a complete panoply of flavours on the aftertaste. Rich, but balanced; fruity but mature. The red cherry fruit leads...
by Alex Bridgeman
22:20 Fri 12 Jan 2024
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: 1996 Quevedo Colheita (bottled 2023)
Replies: 0
Views: 18268

1996 Quevedo Colheita (bottled 2023)

Bottled in 2023 in 10cl for the 2023 advent calendar. An attractive polished redwood colour with a very wide rim. Roasted nuts and a touch of treacle on the nose, positively delicious. Beautifully balanced; burnt nougat and generous acidity on the palate with an overtone of coffee - plus hints of ta...
by Alex Bridgeman
22:18 Fri 12 Jan 2024
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: 1997 Quevedo Colheita (bottled 2023)
Replies: 0
Views: 18228

1997 Quevedo Colheita (bottled 2023)

Q97c, bottled in 2023 in 10cl for the 2023 advent calendar. Dark bronzed red with a wide rim. A little bottle stink on the nose, generous râncio and slowly emerging dates and molasses. A wonderful presence on the palate, big and bold, full of citrus flavours with generous acidity and sprinkled with ...
by Alex Bridgeman
22:11 Fri 12 Jan 2024
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: 2000 Taylor
Replies: 0
Views: 18267

2000 Taylor

The current offer by the glass at the Oxford & Cambridge Club, offered @ £15 for a 100ml pour. Decanted in the morning. A startling crimson colour, opaque with a narrow rim. Fresh crushed berries on the nose, a fruits of the forest blend. The fruit on the palate is still young and fresh with a l...
by Alex Bridgeman
22:10 Fri 12 Jan 2024
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: 2009 Quevedo White Colheita (bottled 2023)
Replies: 0
Views: 18157

2009 Quevedo White Colheita (bottled 2023)

Bottled in 2023 in 10cl format for the 2023 advent calendar. White peach and light syrup on the nose, sweet and fruity. Sweet on the palate with generous peach and lychee fruit, the fruit being quite delicious. The palate is nicely balanced, fresh yet sweet with just the right amount of acidity to k...
by Alex Bridgeman
22:07 Fri 12 Jan 2024
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: NV Quevedo White 50YO (bottled 2023)
Replies: 0
Views: 18295

NV Quevedo White 50YO (bottled 2023)

NV Quevedo White 50 Year Old, bottled in 2023 in 10cl format for the 2023 advent calendar. Obviously bottled unfiltered, I have never seen so much sediment in a White Port! Deep brown in colour, mahogany brown with an olive green rim; 80% opaque. Full of beeswax and râncio on the nose, lifted and ex...
by Alex Bridgeman
22:06 Fri 12 Jan 2024
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: NV Quevedo White 30YO (bottled 2023)
Replies: 0
Views: 17999

NV Quevedo White 30YO (bottled 2023)

NV Quevedo White 30 Year Old, bottled in 2023 in 10cl format for the 2023 advent calendar. Deep orange in colour, the colour of a whisky flavoured marmalade. Glorious on the nose - sweet, honeyed and floral. Rich and poised on the palate with a great depth of flavour; powerful dried orange fruit and...
by Alex Bridgeman
22:04 Fri 12 Jan 2024
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: NV Quevedo White 10YO (bottled 2023)
Replies: 0
Views: 18453

NV Quevedo White 10YO (bottled 2023)

NV Quevedo White 10 Year Old, bottled in 2023 in 10cl format for the 2023 advent calendar. Very similar in colour to the Lágrima, a golden orange around 20% opaque. Closed on the nose but very different on the palate with a lovely buttery orange zest and apple. A little sweetened citrus bitterness o...
by Alex Bridgeman
22:02 Fri 12 Jan 2024
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: NV Quevedo White Reserve Lagrima
Replies: 0
Views: 18132

NV Quevedo White Reserve Lagrima

Quevedo NV Lágrima, bottled in 2023 in 10cl format for the 2023 advent calendar. A rich golden colour, 20% opaque. A little dried mango on the nose. Sweet on the palate, generous amounts of canned mango and lychee in light syrup - rather pleasant, despite the sweetness. A little minerality giving a ...
by Alex Bridgeman
22:00 Fri 12 Jan 2024
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: 1995 Quevedo Colheita (bottled 2023)
Replies: 0
Views: 17704

1995 Quevedo Colheita (bottled 2023)

Bottled in 2023 in 10cl format for the 2023 advent calendar. A lovely mahogany-red colour, 90% opaque. A wonderful nose, full of lavender polish, cedar wood and rancio; really expressive! Intensely flavoured, big on the palate but well balanced with the concentrated acidity. Sweet dates and dried fi...
by Alex Bridgeman
21:58 Fri 12 Jan 2024
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: 1994 Quevedo Colheita (bottled 2022)
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Views: 15928

1994 Quevedo Colheita (bottled 2022)

Bottled in 2022 in 9cl for the advent calendar. Aged in tonel. A delicious nose which blends sweet dates and strawberry jam. A lovely palate, full of fruit - sweet with great acidity - and a sprinkling of tannins. Warm on the aftertaste, glowing aniseed and date finish. This is delicious! 93/100. Op...
by Alex Bridgeman
21:56 Fri 12 Jan 2024
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: 1994 Quevedo Colheita (bottled 2023)
Replies: 0
Views: 14808

1994 Quevedo Colheita (bottled 2023)

Q94c, bottled in 2023 in 10cl format for the 2023 advent calendar. Deep ox-blood red, 90% opaque. Remarkably closed on the nose, perhaps a little date and blood orange. A little thickened on the palate, powerful acidity riding over a toffee and molasses core. The acidity resolves to a glorious orang...
by Alex Bridgeman
21:55 Fri 12 Jan 2024
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: 1992 Quevedo Colheita (bottled 2023)
Replies: 0
Views: 14912

1992 Quevedo Colheita (bottled 2023)

Q92c, bottled in 2023 in 10cl format for the 2023 advent calendar. Pop and pour. A light and bright red colour, 60% opaque. Dried red fruit on the nose blended with dried flowers. Lovely dried red fruit on the palate, maple syrup background with a languid acidity that keeps the wine beautifully fres...
by Alex Bridgeman
21:53 Fri 12 Jan 2024
Forum: Port Tasting Notes
Topic: 1976 Quevedo Colheita (bottled 2023)
Replies: 0
Views: 14703

1976 Quevedo Colheita (bottled 2023)

Q76c, bottled in 2023 in 10cl format for the 2023 advent calendar. Pop and pour. A wonderful russet colour, much lighter than the 1992 tasted alongside at about 40% opaque. A delightful nose of lavender, beeswax, black tea and golden syrup. Elegant on the palate, full of flavour - of golden syrup an...