TN: 1994 Tesco Vintage Port
Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 12:31 am
Decant: 5 hours - Tasted after 1 hour. The colour has hardly changed but the nose has lost all that banana tone to be replaced with a light and delicate perfumed nose of roses and redcurrants. Dry entry, rather hollow, but pleasant development in the midpalate with mature fruit and some meat juice flavours. A little too much alcohol on swallowing, but then there are some very pleasant cedar and tobacco flavours on an aftertaste of very respectable length. On this showing, this is a perfectly respectable wine, although below average compared to its peers.
Tatsed after 5 hours. Colour still as deep in the centre, but now with a touch of orange at the rim. The spirit is more apparent on the nose, but brings with it blackberries and fresh cut grass. In the mouth it still brings a hollow, dry entry but the midpalate develops nicely, bringing ripe, sweet blackberries, some red liquorice and many more flavour. The aftertaste still has that initial burn but then lasts longer that earlier and goes through several phases, finishing with a lovely dark chocolate that lingers for a long time.
Compared to other vintage ports, this is still a weak example and is below average, but it has many redeeming factors including the very long aftertaste and the decently low price (£14 per bottle). However, marking strictly according to Tom's scale I rate this as 3/3.
87 points
Tatsed after 5 hours. Colour still as deep in the centre, but now with a touch of orange at the rim. The spirit is more apparent on the nose, but brings with it blackberries and fresh cut grass. In the mouth it still brings a hollow, dry entry but the midpalate develops nicely, bringing ripe, sweet blackberries, some red liquorice and many more flavour. The aftertaste still has that initial burn but then lasts longer that earlier and goes through several phases, finishing with a lovely dark chocolate that lingers for a long time.
Compared to other vintage ports, this is still a weak example and is below average, but it has many redeeming factors including the very long aftertaste and the decently low price (£14 per bottle). However, marking strictly according to Tom's scale I rate this as 3/3.
87 points