1995 Graham's Quinta dos Malvedos Vintage Port

[Richard Henderson]

I had never seen this port in our market until a couple of weeks ago.
Bought the two bottles from the shelf.
Decanted 7.5 hours ago. It was a little hot on opening, now perfectly balanced. Lots of "huckleberry", black currant fruit, overripe raspberry fruit. Dense ruby color. Mint and loads of jammy fruit on the nose. Big finish and a full mouthfeel, hitting lots of taste buds, Much depth here. A delightful port experience. Maybe many years left but very ready to go now at 10 YO. Huckleberry is my favorite port descriptor. If the port shows huckleberries, a small sweet member of the blueberry family but more red in color than blue, it will get high ratings from me.
I have posted many notes on the Dow Q Do B from 1995. This Graham's is way ahead of that fine port. I have to give this a 92. Hope to run across a few more bottles.

[Roy Hersh]

Rich,

I had no idea you were a Huckleberry Hound. I don't remember having ever tried the '95 Graham's bottling. Thanks for the TN!

[Kurt Wieneke]

Sounds like the Dow's 95 is just OK, and the 95 Graham's Malvedos is very good. Wasn't the 95 Fonseca Guimaraens supposed to be tops in this vintage? I have seen a few of these lurking around the bins for $40.

[Richard Henderson]

I have bought a lot of the Dow somewhere in the $15-20 range It is very good but this Graham's showed a little better. Don't know about the Fonseca but I would try one at $40.