Taste notes right after decanting

Clear wine with a brown color and red notes in the shine. Large and hanging curtains of alcohol on the side of the glass.

Powerful aroma of dark dried fruits, comes off as mature and complex. Alcohol is however dominating here in the start.

Low on tannins and acid. Powerful in the taste. Alcohol is warm, but not dominating, after taste ends out in pure liquid raisins. Seems over matured, as it is not well balanced in its taste.

Intermediate rating 85 / 100

Taste notes 4 hours after decanting

Slightly darker in the color, but still more brown than red.

Less alcohol dominating the aroma.

Taste and feeling on the palate remains the same. No change from the exposure to oxygen.

Overall rating 87 / 100

The bottle came with a lead shield around the neck with vintage 1970 stamped in, underneath the vax seal there was an additional lead encapsulation around the neck.

Estimated cost of this Borges Vintage Port 1970 bottle of 750 ml is 100 Euro.

1 hour in the decanter

Clear  red and brown colour.

Suitable aroma that comes off with a fine and spiced scent with sweet dried fruits.

Full bodied with mild tannin, long after taste with everything there is to wish for in complexity with dried fruits.

3 hours in the decanter

Colour remains unchanged.

Oak is now present in the aroma.

After taste lasts longer.

Generally a mature, sweet and good port that should be enjoyed now.

Overall rating 94 / 100