For The Love Of Port

I've tasted a few different ports recently and in a number of them I have noticed what I would describe as a very "dusty" tone, on the nose and in the mouth.

While its not unpleasant, I did find it very distracting.

Does anyone know whether this is a deliberate feature of the wine, put there by the wine maker or is this a fault in the wine?

The two most recent wines I noticed this in were the Delaforce 1985 and the Ferreira 1985.

Thanks,

Alex

Little bit of dust. Dust? No? Dust. Little bit of dust.

Got some dusty notes in the Graham's from 1970 and 1977 at the BBR tasting. I think that it was most notable in the 1970. It wasn't a flaw, just notable. Blame this on Lady Roots, it's her fault.

KillerB, Lady Roots thought the Warre '63 I opened today at my birthday dinner to be a bit dusty as well...strange girl.

You guys need to rinse your glasses before you pour the wine to clean out that dust!

Stevie - what was it like? I still haven't opened mine.

I'll post a TN later.

I look forward to it