I always like this port, but it's been a while since I last tasted it, a good excuse to revisit it.
Polite nose with dried lemon zest, dried orange peel and some caramel. Light and semi-sweet palate, very easy drinking with citrus flavours and nuts. Fresh. It gets a bit livelier when chilled, gains a bit in body and gains some darker roasted nut flavours. Well balanced I still like it. It's nothing complicated but a lovely, easy drinker. 86 points.
NV Warre Otima Tawny 10YO
- RonnieRoots
- Fonseca 1980
- Posts: 1981
- Joined: 08:28 Thu 21 Jun 2007
- Location: Middle Earth
NV Warre Otima Tawny 10YO
Couldn't believe I never posted a note on this one, but it turns out I did, this is what I posted in january 2007 on the FTLOP board:
- RonnieRoots
- Fonseca 1980
- Posts: 1981
- Joined: 08:28 Thu 21 Jun 2007
- Location: Middle Earth
Found a bottle of this in the fridge, that must have been open for at least 2 months. And amazingly: it's every bit as good as in the TN above. OK, it may be a bit sharper on the nose, but that's virtually the only difference. Conclusion: this is the ideal port to always have a bottle of in the fridge.
I'm drinking this as I post. Not worthy of another individual TN.
I would endorse the conclusions. A lovely stocking filler of a Port. A touch watery, which is consistant with the cheaper ports. A smidgeon too firey, but not distracting enough to cause problems. I wish it was thicker, and had a more constructed aftertaste, but this is definately the best chance of Port attracting a wider audience.
I know Tom is suspicious of the bottles smaller size, but I think its modern packaging/design is a big plus.
5 more bottles to go.
Alan
I would endorse the conclusions. A lovely stocking filler of a Port. A touch watery, which is consistant with the cheaper ports. A smidgeon too firey, but not distracting enough to cause problems. I wish it was thicker, and had a more constructed aftertaste, but this is definately the best chance of Port attracting a wider audience.
I know Tom is suspicious of the bottles smaller size, but I think its modern packaging/design is a big plus.
5 more bottles to go.
Alan
- Michael M.
- Quinta do Noval LBV
- Posts: 244
- Joined: 12:50 Wed 08 Aug 2007
- Location: Germany