1937 Pinto White Colheita Port

[Gerwin de Graaf]

Bottled in 1973. Bottle states (French label): Blond Doré (golden blond), Demi-sec (semi-dry) (never seen this statement on port before, have any of you?)

Opened it up by means of my port tongs, decanted and served directly, at slightly below cellar temp (about 10,5 Celcius).
Colour: golden amber, tawny. With a great glow/shine to it.

Did not take notes yesterday, so partly from memory and partly from the last glass of it that I am sipping on now (12-15)
Nose:
lots of dried fruits (apricot, orangepeel, some plums), a little cinnamon maybe and lovely darker tones in the second phase.

Palate:
again a mouthfull of round intense dried fruits (apricot, peach, pear maybe), a little heat (from the time in de decanter? don't recall this from yesterday. Further, a hint of leather and chocolate following.

Finish:
Full, warm and long (over a minute now) .

Apart from the bottle and maybe the colour, I would think this comes close to an old regular (red) Colheita with a lot of years in the barrel. Please set me straight if I am guessing wrong here, this is my first white Colheita, and I don't have any experience with (real) old Colheitas yet, so I am just guessing here.
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Anyway a very very lovely experience (and if this is typical for white colheitas I will have to try to find me some more)

[Rune EG]

Gerwin, could you please give some more info from the label?

The present Pintas operation (Wine & Soul) was started only 12-14 years ago, so I guess that this Pintas must be a different operation?

[Gerwin de Graaf]

Gerwin, could you please give some more info from the label?

The present Pintas operation (Wine & Soul) was started only 12-14 years ago, so I guess that this Pintas must be a different operation?

Just checked the label, it is a Pinto Co (so not Pintas).

[Roy Hersh]

Yes, there was no way a 1937 was going to be a PINTAS.

More importantly, some feedback on your tasting note which you asked for.

I felt it was so well detailed that I could envision every component of the Port itself. Yes, some of the whites are nearly impossible to tell the difference from a red Colheita. Excellent impressions and your ability to convey what you perceived was near perfect. Bravo!