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
