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Bark, black tea, crushed grapes and mahogany. Big and grippy. Old, traditional styled Port with incredible depth and power. Big yet polished tannins...Real deal.
Intense, with a terrific beam of blueberry, açaí and blackberry puree flavors coursing along, flanked by graphite and baker's chocolate notes and scored by streaks of licorice snap on the finish. A subtle violet accent weaves in the background, giving this lift and contrast. Offers a sappy, concentrated finish.
...more finesse and delineation, slightly more mineral-rich blackberry and bilberry fruit, veins of crème de cassis and camphor... The palate is medium-bodied with very supple tannin that caress the mouth. The acidity is beautifully judged, a somehow effortless fortified wine with a silky-textured, sensual finish with layers of luxuriant black fruit laced with clove and cracked black pepper. What a brilliant Vintage Port...
Super-concentrated black fruit, so intense it draws you ineluctably in. Intense wild blackberry and elderberry, smells almost sour in its tangy fruit. Thick-pile and so rich on the palate. Incredible concentration but neither over-ripeness nor heaviness. Glorious fruit supported by compact but almost soft tannins that are so fully ripe they seem to become the fruit.
A ripe and juicy wine, this shows generous tannins that still allow the blackberry fruits to show strongly.