1999 Dow Crusted Port

[Andy Velebil]

Decanted this 2 1/2 hours ago. Almost no sediment when I decanted, although a bit did come out when I rinsed the bottle out. A nice nose of marrionberries and plums. tastes of plums, leather, and spice with a slight bit of heat on the finish, which is integrating nicely since I first opened the bottle. As others stated not much tannins. So far, I like this one and am very delighted to see where this goes over the next 4 hours or so. I think I will save some of this for tomorrow just to see how it evolves over 24 hours.

For the $19.00 i paid I think it is a great deal. Much closer to it's big brother, VP, than to an LBV. I would rather buy this one than an LBV. To bad more producers don't sell a crusted.

I tried to post a pic of bottle, but could not get it to show. If someone could let me know how, I will post the pic of the bottle.

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