For The Love Of Port

A combined note from pop-and-pour and 48 hours later. I'd intended to taste it at 24 hours as well, but was too busy and missed the chance. I purchased 6 of these from Premier Cru in June of this year and drank the first (without a TN) over my Anniversary in July.

1987 Krohn Colheita
bottled 2011

Color: Medium dark tawny. Still plenty of color left, but lots of tawny/tan/brown notes as well. I wouldn't say that it looks old yet, but it's looking older.

Nose: Nutty with some dried apricot backing. Overtones of bourbon vanilla and sweet spirit. The nuts seem to be pecans and almonds.

Palate: Tart peaches - is that a thing? - and a lot of maple add character to more normal notes of caramel and butterscotch. There's a toastiness that isn't easily identifiable as coffee/toffee/etc but is still clearly some form of torrefaction. Faint pecans or possibly... hazelnuts? Slightly rough edge, but otherwise an excellent 24-yr old Colheita.

Finish: Very long - several minutes - with mild/pleasant citrus and a nice green apple tail.

Score: 92 points. The rough edge was distracting enough to drag it down out of outstanding range where it was when initially opened. It may resolve after a few more days on the kitchen counter.

Thanks. I picked up (ordered) some of these and haven't had one yet and was wondering how they were.

Really good QPR for what we paid.

I've had an inspiration and realized that the tart peaches I noted were actually gummi peaches. I buy them in the airport now and again as I'm about to board a long flight.