n/v James Eadie Reserve Port
Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 1:06 am
Tasting note on this wine from Alex K
I had to decant my offline contribution to keep it anonymous, Al-B managed to keep his anonymous with the label on. Sadly, it had stirred up on his walk through London's west-end and was distinctly cloudy. Decanting removed a lot of sludge through a filter but it was still murky. Bottle was old-fashioned and brown and the cork said nothing. Al-B assures me that it was not his Aunt Eadie's Port.
Colour was very pale, like a dry Sherry. Nose was of cooked fruits with a thick sweetness and little alcohol. It was actually very nice, sweet with a dryness at the back. Conclusion was that it was a very old Ruby but we couldn't determine a real producer. I thought it may have been an LBV due to an oxidised taste but nobody else was having it. Very funny.
Tasting note from Alex B
This is a port that I acquired from a house clearance sale. Unknown provenance, unknown storage conditions, unknown age and unknown type. It was light and delicate, distinctly orange in colour and bringing caramelized oranges to the nose. In the mouth it echoed the caramelized orange but also had other tones of brown sugar and treacle. The aftertaste was not great. The conclusion that (most of us) came to was that this was probably a Ruby or Reserve style port, bottled around the beginning of the 1950’s. It held together amazingly well and was still drinking very enjoyably 5 hours later, despite the company it kept. Rating this as if it were a Vintage Port, I would give it 87/100 or 2/0. Beatiful, delicate and ethereal and not disgraced by its context.
Tasting note from Stevie K
Fun to taste, and remarkably drinkable as well! Interesting to see it was labelled as “Douro Port”…not to be mistaken with “Mosel Port”
Changes to original notes shown in italics above made to preserve the readability of the note when taken out of the offline context
I had to decant my offline contribution to keep it anonymous, Al-B managed to keep his anonymous with the label on. Sadly, it had stirred up on his walk through London's west-end and was distinctly cloudy. Decanting removed a lot of sludge through a filter but it was still murky. Bottle was old-fashioned and brown and the cork said nothing. Al-B assures me that it was not his Aunt Eadie's Port.
Colour was very pale, like a dry Sherry. Nose was of cooked fruits with a thick sweetness and little alcohol. It was actually very nice, sweet with a dryness at the back. Conclusion was that it was a very old Ruby but we couldn't determine a real producer. I thought it may have been an LBV due to an oxidised taste but nobody else was having it. Very funny.
Tasting note from Alex B
This is a port that I acquired from a house clearance sale. Unknown provenance, unknown storage conditions, unknown age and unknown type. It was light and delicate, distinctly orange in colour and bringing caramelized oranges to the nose. In the mouth it echoed the caramelized orange but also had other tones of brown sugar and treacle. The aftertaste was not great. The conclusion that (most of us) came to was that this was probably a Ruby or Reserve style port, bottled around the beginning of the 1950’s. It held together amazingly well and was still drinking very enjoyably 5 hours later, despite the company it kept. Rating this as if it were a Vintage Port, I would give it 87/100 or 2/0. Beatiful, delicate and ethereal and not disgraced by its context.
Tasting note from Stevie K
Fun to taste, and remarkably drinkable as well! Interesting to see it was labelled as “Douro Port”…not to be mistaken with “Mosel Port”
Changes to original notes shown in italics above made to preserve the readability of the note when taken out of the offline context