1858 Hatch Mansfield Colheita Port
Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2014 2:08 pm
Decant: 2 hours - Described on the label as "Matured in Wood". From the age of the bottle, I would estimate this to have been bottled in the early 1900s.
Golden amber colour, with a straw coloured rim. Gentle floral perfume and a little VA. Dry palate, little fruit and lots of pine resin, birch sap and grapefruit skins. Powerful grapefruit bitterness and rosemary, which I have learned are signs of an ancient port. Dry rosemary and bitter grapefruit on the modest volume but lengthy finish. 83 points
Golden amber colour, with a straw coloured rim. Gentle floral perfume and a little VA. Dry palate, little fruit and lots of pine resin, birch sap and grapefruit skins. Powerful grapefruit bitterness and rosemary, which I have learned are signs of an ancient port. Dry rosemary and bitter grapefruit on the modest volume but lengthy finish. 83 points