For The Love Of Port

Porto Rocha Branco Lagrima:

The color on this is a pale yellow with a brownish tinge. The nose was quite interesting. Very soapy nose with peach, apricot, and lemon. Although that sounds nice, we agreed it smelled like kitchen cleaner The palate was fairly mid-weight compared to other Lagrima's I've had. There is lots of citrus notes that quickly give way to a horrible lemon medicine finish. The finish was so bad Alex B. and I both spit it out as undrinkable. 73 points

See this thread for pictures of it http://fortheloveofport.com/ftlopforum/ ... 41&start=0

I dont know why, but I really hate Lagrima Ports...
It's just sugar and there's no soul in it...
I refuse to have that at Vinologia, and I'm sure that in 7 years I've never sold a bottle of that :? You can call me crazy, but I really don't like it!

Gustavo,

Suck it up and try one for the sake of the VT forum.....you may be surprised :blah: OK off to bed I go....to many 1800 Ports for me tonight :twisted:

I am sad to say that I have checked every one but one wine store in town (of my regular 'haunts' to purchase port and not a one has a Lagrima White. :sad: Plenty of Taylor White, Fonseca White, even a Graham's White, which I didn't know they made.

I will be visiting the last of the wine stores in town within the next few days, but as far as Lagrima goes, I am not holding my breath. What a shame.

On to August - July has been a bust for me

Todd

I enjoy white Ports and especially old white Colheita Ports (I've now had 3 of 'em) but I have never found a Lagrima that was to my liking. Too sickly sweet, even though there are actually 3 sweetness levels for Lagrimas. But none have ever delivered even a 90 point experience for me. Just not my cup of Port I guess.

I'm waiting for one last call back from a distributor friend, but it appears no dice here in Alaska for Lagrima White either.

I checked 3 local shops this weekend and literally struck out so far on finding ANY Lagrima. I will keep checking. I still have not been to the Spanish Table as of yet.

Adriano Ramos Pinto Lagrima White Port. $16. Sweet and simple. Sweetness is not overpowering. There is a hint of maple sugar. No finish. I'll try this with ice. I don't think I'll buy another.

Gary

Adriano Ramos Pinto Lagrima White Port, a day later. Still sweet but the flavor is otherwise very muted. The color is like watered down orange Kool-Aid.

I agree with Gustavo's comment: "It's just sugar and there's no soul in it..." Now I have found out for myself.

I would try other lagrima white ports at different sweetness levels, but only out of curiousity. I think that the rest of this bottle will go down the sink, unless I can fool the hummingbirds into trying it.

Gary

There was no Lagrima at my wine shop near the job so I've picked something close for this VT.

Offley Cachucha, with 114 g/l of sugar is not as sugary as the Lagrima with 140 g/l of sugar but still it is dominated with flavours and scents of honey and pineapple, grilled almonds reminds us that the wine was aged between 4 and 9 years in barrels. The finale is ok, though showing some burning alcohol, but we should expect this from this kind of wine. 14/20

Krohn Lagrima

This is a repost from the PP forum yesterday.

Todd, glad to see ya back here. I do hope others chime in soon, I do miss others having a bit of mid-week fun at the "House." Since it's quite hot and muggy here in L.A. I've opened a nicely chilled Krohn's Lagrima White Port.

Nothing special, just a simple easy sipper on a warm summer night. A very pale honey color with hints of yellow. Nose is of candied peaches, orange, and fresh flower pedals. A bit of spirit bites on the palate, but then again I just popped and poured 2 minutes ago. Suble hints of sweet raisins, some faint hints of cheap milk chocolate. A medium short finish round this out. Not super good, but a nice refreshing drink on this warm evening. 83 points

I've never seen it outside Portugal but the best Lagrima I had so far was the Ferreira one. Fresh and balanced and especially not too alcoholic on the palate which I find the most unpleasant with most of Lagrima.

I tried to find my tasting notes on this one but I think I did not take any. I did taste it at Ferreira lodge.