1992 Graham's Quinta dos Malvedos Vintage Port

[Andy Velebil]

From a 375ml bottle. Decanted roughly 5 1/2 hours. I last had this a little over 3 years ago and at that time I thought it a bit lack luster and not in a closed phase. I freely admit when I'm wrong and I was wrong about this one. While showing more on the mature side, this possessed lots of fennel, tobacco leaf that tends to typically show as Malvedos VP's age, sweet dried plums on the front end that dry out on the finish. And that finish, a mix of sweetness with underlying dried fruit as well that balances it out and keeps it from becoming overtly sweet. While showing more mature than some regular sized bottles this is a wonderful VP and, from this sized bottle, just starting to enter it's prime drinking. That said I'd suspect 750's and larger will still be a ways off from reaching this point of maturity.
93 Points