Category Archives: Wine

Cachâo Vintage Port 1982 (Tasted 2022)

The cork got completely destroyed due to age and being soaked in wine.

Taste notes right after opening and decanting

Peach in the color with nice big curtains on the side of glass.

Hard hitting alcohol in the aroma, has a weak scent of fruit and cask.

High acid and hard alcohol at the start of the taste. Develops into a complex old smoked note. Dried fruits and especially raisin goes up in pace in the after taste. Ends as a complete raisin bomb.

Intermediate rating 88 / 100

Taste notes 4 hours after decanting

The color has turned slightly darker.

Much less alcohol in the aroma, fruit stands out better.

Same good taste, still a bit hard on the alcohol.

Overall rating 90 / 100

Burmester Vintage Port 1997 (Tasted 2018)

Tasted 01-09-2018. Burmester is owned by the Calem brand: https://www.disorder.dk/2013/11/26/visiting-calem-in-porto/

Taste notes right after decanting

Dark red in the color with some haziness to it.

Dominating alcohol in the aroma, slight subtle notes of dried fruit.

Good balance on alcohol and acid in the taste. Mature wine with spicy notes and a weak after taste.

Intermediate rating 81 / 100

Taste notes 3½ hours after decanting

The wine cleared up and became more clear.

The taste experience is better, with the less dominating alcohol.

Intermediate rating 83 / 100

Taste notes 7 hours after decanting

The taste reveals notes of oak and cask, but the wine lacks potency and powerful taste.

Overall rating 84 / 100

Burmester Vintage Port 1998 (Tasted 2019)

Burmester is owned by the Calem brand: https://www.disorder.dk/2013/11/26/visiting-calem-in-porto/

Taste notes right after decanting

Brown and red noted in the color. Light flowing.

Spiced in the aroma, with a dominating alcohol, hiding the weak fruit scents.

Taste comes off as sweet with good tannins, already a good composition. Ends off with a good dried fruits in the after taste, but still too thin in the taste.

Intermediate rating 85 / 100

Taste notes 4 hours after decanting

Color has gotten darked, resampling blood.

Light fruit notes to the aroma.

Good full bodied in the taste, tannins are still in balance with the fruit. But overall it is still too light in taste and after taste.

Overall rating 86 / 100

Quinta Do Portal Vintage Port 1999 (Tasted 2020)

Quinta Do Portal is a family owned wine yard and maker, founded in the 1990s in Porto, Portugal. Tasted on 23-12-2020.

One of the two bottles opened was corked, tasted terrible. Into the sink it goes.

Taste notes 1 hour after decanting

Thin red color, but clear.

Very light aroma, dominated by the alcohol.

Hard tannins, alcohol, mild in the taste, but has a fresh fruit that wants forwards.

Intermediate rating 75 / 100

Taste notes 3½ hours after decanting

The color has attained a darker red color.

Aroma is still weak.

Taste has gotten softer, more soft like silk. The fruit is very straight forward and not complex.

Intermediate rating 79 / 100

Taste notes 8 hours after decanting

Even darker red in the color.

Deeper aroma which now has much more fruit to it.

The wine is finally open, shows some balance in the taste. Good fruits, but more to the red wine side, than aged and oaked.

Overall rating 88 / 100

Burmester Vintage Port 1997 (Tasted 2020)

Tasted 23-12-2020. Burmester is owned by the Calem brand: https://www.disorder.dk/2013/11/26/visiting-calem-in-porto/

Taste notes 1 hour after decanting

Beautiful red color with orange notes. Clear and with heavy curtains.

Powerful aroma with a slight alcohol, but good fruit and sharp licorice and tannins.

Taste comes off with sharp tannins, almost burning in combination with the alcohol. Powerful dried fruits and raisins in the after taste.

Intermediate rating 87 / 100

Taste notes 5 hours after decanting

Color has turned into the darker reds.

Aroma is free of the dominating alcohol.

Tannins have settle and makes the tasting experience better.

Intermediate rating 89 / 100

Taste notes 22 hours after decanting

Color has taken on some brown notes to the dark red.

Complex aroma with a balanced fruit and heavy darkness.

Full bodied with good tannin. Easy to drink, long after taste and clearly not going to perform better with more oxygen.

Overall rating 91 / 100

Borges Vintage Port 1946

This is one of those mysterious bottles of Port. There is no way of knowing if it is going to be good or bad. I bought this 750 ml glass bottle, with very little information and fortunately at only 15€.

The bottle comes with a story. A fellow Dane had a Portuguese friend, who visited Denmark in the mid-seventies. As a gift, he brought him two bottles of Port. A “Borges Vintage Port 1970” and a bottle only labelled “I.V.D.P Vinho do Porto 1946”. The story of the latter, it is supposedly a cask sample from the Port Wine Institute, but there is no evidence backing that up. But that is the story of this 77 year old Port.

Before opening the bottle, it was still completely unknown, where it was from and who made it. Revealing a Borges cork, was very reassuring to the history and that it was given together with another Borges Port.

The wine is very clear with a light brown color, shining notes of orange.

The aroma has many facets. Cask, oak, spicy and very dry dried fruits and still with a dominating alcohol, right after opening. It was afterwards only decanted for an hour.

The taste comes off a bit flat from the start. It is a very sweet wine, but yet with some complexity to it. Extreme long after taste, which eventually reveals notes of cask and smoke. A very interesting taste experience that is hard to describe. There was just some notes in the taste, that even old Vintage Port like 30 years, does not have, and yet on the other side, it was also over age.

12 hours after opening, it has turned completely into Madeira, but with less life to it.

Overall rating 91 / 100

Quinta do Portal Vintage Port Magnum 2006

Quinta Do Portal is a family owned wine yard and maker, founded in the 1990s in Porto, Portugal. The vintages from Portal is recommended to be stored for 10 years as they aim for a lighter Port to distinguish themselves form the traditional tannin heavy Douro Port.

I bought this 1500 ml magnum bottle, back in 2016 at the price of 24€, on a sale from a Danish wine shop.

We drank the wine to a large meal of red meat, potatoes, vegetables and salads. It worked so well with a powerful and potent wine to the red meat.

Taste notes right after decanting

Beautifully clear and light red in the color.

Powerful aroma, full of good dried fruit notes, but dominated by the alcohol.

The taste is not that powerful, alcohol shines too hard through it yet, but there is a good dried raisins in the after taste.

Intermediate rating 83 / 100

Taste notes 3 hours after decanting

Aroma has lessened on the alcohol and gives off notes of spices and dried fruits.

The taste has evolved into a powerful Port, alcohol is no longer dominating.

Overall rating 89 / 100

Quinta Do Noval Silval Vintage Port 1998

Taste notes right after decanting

Clear thin red in the color, brown notes, but not going into the violet spectrum. Thin curtains on the walls of the glass.

Ripe fruit in the aroma with a dominating alcohol. Some spicy notes and darkness to it.

Good balance between tannin and fruit, warm and bossy from the alcohol. Leaves a good after taste of dried fruits. Hopefully it will become more full bodied the more air it gets.

Intermediate rating 87 / 100

Taste notes 3 hours after decanting

The color is a bit darker, it has become a more deep red.

Aroma has picked up a bit on the spices, but is still dominated by alcohol.

A bit more notes of the grapes in the taste, tannins relaxing a bit more but still a tad to the thin side.

Intermediate rating 88 / 100

Taste notes 7 hours after decanting

No significant change in color or aroma, since last taste note.

More dried fruits in the taste and a longer after taste. Alcohol has diminished a bit.

Overall rating 89 / 100

Dow Vintage Port 2004 Quinta do Bomfim #2 (2021)

This vintage port comes at a alcohol percentage of 20% in a 375 ml glass bottle.

Taste notes right after opening and decanting

Clear and deep red in the color. Heavy curtains on the sides of the glass.

Powerful dark aroma with spices and dried fruits. Complex composition.

Soft tannins with a good dried fruits taste. Medium strength and with more dried fruits in the after taste.

Drink now.

Intermediate rating 89 / 100

Taste notes 3 hours after decanting

Much more balanced tasting experience.

Overall rating 91 / 100

Quinta do Infantado Vintage Port 2007

Estimated cost of this Quinta do Infantado Vintage Port 2007 bottle of 375 ml is ? Euro.

Quinta do Infantado has been a estate-bottled port producer since 1979. Until that time, all exported Ports had to be shipped in bulk to Vila Nova de Gaia.

Taste notes right after decanting

Clear and deep red in the color, with purple notes. Light curtains on the glass.

Light aroma with a fruited darkness.

Light in the taste, very fresh. However also with a thin feeling to it. Very dry.

Intermediate rating 84 / 100

Taste notes 2 hours after decanting

Much more balance in the taste, the different taste notes come together and is more powerful.

Overall rating 88 / 100