Calem 2002.
Decanted the previous evening.
It was Purple. Deep Purple. It smelt of blackcurrant mixed with an unpleasant stale alcohol.(I'm not trying to be funny Roy, thats all it was!)
It tasted unpleasant. Just about drinkable. It doesn't join the Fonseca 2000 as the only Port I couldn't drink.
Really trying to add a bit to this note, but its just brutal blackcurrant, or strong medicinal alcohol. Nothing inbetween, no mixture, no other sublteties. Its aftertaste was limited, with the alcohol overpowering the fruit.
I'm now as fed up trying to describe this as I was drinking it.
It would have probably got a slightly more sympathic offering if it hadn't been alongside a few of its Older Brothers in their prime,(Dow 77,etc) reminding me that this is hopeless.
Can we move onto July please. :)
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2002 Calem Vintage Port
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