A Port Quiz

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Alex Bridgeman
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A Port Quiz

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Seen recently in a retailer's premises, to which vintage port does the note below refer? The only additional clue I will give (for now) is that there is a tasting note for this port on our tasting note database.

"Complex vintage port, rich and sweet, reminiscent of mint, raspberry and cassis. No need to decant"

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Cruz 1989?

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Cruz 1989?
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Not the Cruz 1989, but you are thinking along broadly the right lines.
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Kopke 1985
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
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Not the Kopke 1985, the wine has a lesser reputation that the Kopke 1985.
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Tesco 1995 (or 94)
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
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Post by Alex Bridgeman »

It is indeed what Tesco put on the shelf next to their 1994 BoB.

The bit about "no need to decant" is what surprised me.
Top 2025: Quevedo 1972 Colheita, b.2024. Just as good as Niepoort 1900!

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