For The Love Of Port

1987 ~ Taylor’s Quinta de Vargellas ~ Vintage Port – This was an off bottle. I have had lots of bottles of Vargellas from my stash and friend’s bottles. This came from my cellar and when I opened the bottle, I knew something was different, the quantity of VA and spirit. I decanted for 8 hours and checked on it early and often, but sadly … this bottle never quite came around even though both the VA and alcohol, did integrate to a degree. Just not to the degree that would have me sipping it over the course of an evening. I tried it again on Friday afternoon and it was still disjointed. This is the first bottle of the ’87 Vargellas which I didn’t find as a really fine VP ~ not rated ~ (12/7/06)

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