For The Love Of Port

Decant: 10 hours - Shipped under the Skeffington label. Red, but showing evidence of maturity and some brown in the colour. Nose a touch stewed (ARK mentioned bottle stink). Very sweet entry with syrupy redcurrants dominating over stewed fruits. Good acidity levels. Tannins are well faded but obvious. Initially very hot on the aftertaste and the heat is the most noticeable factor. When the identity of this bottle was revealed, it was clear that this was a heat damaged bottle, probably stored somewhere too hot for part of its life, this did not compare well with the previous bottle of Skeffington 1994 (under the Davy's label) that I have had. 83 points