Quinta de Ventozelo 20 Year Old Tawny Port
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 8:48 pm
From the Feb 2014 Virtual Tasting
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Quinta de Ventozelo 20 Year Tawny
Bottled 2012. The color is a pale ruby with some bricking on the edges. Almost a cross between most 10 and 20 year tawnys. The nose shows some metallic components, marmalade, and a light amount wood varnish. Soft and semi-sweet entry shows some mahogany and faint amount of dried nuts. This then becomes more of a drier profile with orange zest and a wallop of spirit. A spirity clipped finish lacks grip and persistency. Overall, this starts out nice but by the mid palate it starts to lose complexity and body at an alarming rate. One dimensional is a good overall description of how this shows. At $50 (USD) not a Port I plan on getting again.
87 Points
http://www.fortheloveofport.com/ftlopfo ... 665#p93665
Quinta de Ventozelo 20 Year Tawny
Bottled 2012. The color is a pale ruby with some bricking on the edges. Almost a cross between most 10 and 20 year tawnys. The nose shows some metallic components, marmalade, and a light amount wood varnish. Soft and semi-sweet entry shows some mahogany and faint amount of dried nuts. This then becomes more of a drier profile with orange zest and a wallop of spirit. A spirity clipped finish lacks grip and persistency. Overall, this starts out nice but by the mid palate it starts to lose complexity and body at an alarming rate. One dimensional is a good overall description of how this shows. At $50 (USD) not a Port I plan on getting again.
87 Points
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