John Owlett's post here in which he said
made me start to wonder when the 1994s will make enjoyable drinking.John Owlett wrote:I've more or less accepted that my existing 1994 Port won't be fully ready for another decade...
Traditionally this is in their 21st year, but I am really enjoying some of these now. Some had shut down to some extent 2-3 years ago but seem to be coming back into balance now. The Vesuvio 1994 I tasted at Berry Brothers a couple of weeks ago was wonderful, dense and powerful. This year I've also had the Dow (great after a long decant) and the Graham (surprisingly evolved). This leads me to believe that it might be worth starting to pull the 1994s slowly out of storage next year and onwards.
Give them another decade as John suggests and I agree with him that the '94s will be even better. The debate we're having over which vintage is the best from the '80s will pale once the '94s have had the extra decade to mature. I need to try to fix my current impression of the best of the 1980 / 1983 / 1985 / 1987 vintages in my mind so that I can compare the best of the '80s today against the best of the '94s in a decade's time.
Or am I wrong - are the '94s still too closed and tight to make them worth opening now or in the near future?