TN: 1994 Quinta do Vesuvio Vintage Port
Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 12:31 am
Decant: 4 hours - The first of the bottles that I bought at Bonhams before Christmas 2006. Bottle number 24,660 has now left this world.
Very difficult to decant due to the very fine sediment in the bottle on top of the lumps in the bottom of the bottle - and this had been standing upright since before Christmas! Nose was fairly closed, with some coaxing, the wine showed a bouquet of blackcurrants and spirit. Superb in the mouth, a wave of ripe fruit around a rounded mass of tannins that caused the sweet fruit to leave a long, dry finish. Still my favourite "everyday" VP. Just astonishing in its quality. On the Tom scale, 9/10. 95 points
Very difficult to decant due to the very fine sediment in the bottle on top of the lumps in the bottom of the bottle - and this had been standing upright since before Christmas! Nose was fairly closed, with some coaxing, the wine showed a bouquet of blackcurrants and spirit. Superb in the mouth, a wave of ripe fruit around a rounded mass of tannins that caused the sweet fruit to leave a long, dry finish. Still my favourite "everyday" VP. Just astonishing in its quality. On the Tom scale, 9/10. 95 points