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.
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.
The name Quinta do Noval first appeared in land registers in the year 1715. António José da Silva, a Port shipper from Gaia, father-in-law of Luiz Valsconcelos Porto, acquired Quinta do Noval in 1894 after its devastation by phylloxera. He restored the property by replanting its vineyards.
A new bottling line and warehouse was completed in 1997 in Alijo, near to Pinhão. This project made Quinta do Noval the first of the traditional Port shippers to centralise all its activities in the Douro Valley rather than in Vila Nova de Gaia near Porto.
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.
I tasted this 750 ml bottle at 20% at a family dinner. It has a estimated price in Denmark of 34 Euro.
This Quinta do Pego Colheita 2007 was bottled in 2016.
Deep orange red colour.
Light sweet fruits in the aroma with a dominating alcohol.
Soft tannin with a okay balance to the fruit. After taste has a good sweet raisin which the slowly fades out.
When first uncorked it is dominated by the alcohol and needs to breathe, no decanting, just needs to sit for half a day in bottle with level under the neck. That really works wonders on a colheita.
Real Companhia Velha was founded on the 10th of September 1756 by Royal Charter of King D. José I and have produced port ever since.
Quinta das Carvalhas is a property in the Douro Valley. Written references regarding this vineyard can be traced back to 1759.
Estimated cost of this Late Bottled Vintage from 2010 bottle of 750 ml is 25 Euro.
Medium clarity of this black to dark red port.
Forceful and suitable aroma, spicy in a good way and pure in the nose.
Medium bodied, yet dry and alive from tannin. Sweet fruit in the end.
Light body, dry but still within what is suitable, good fruit that is harmonic with a fine after taste of raisins. A good ready to drink wine that does a overall fine impression on balance.
This taste note is for the 4th glass from the right.
This was blind tasted as a part of a 1975, 1985 and 1995 tasting of four different houses. The tasting was held by The Vintage Port Club of Odense, Denmark.
Estimated cost of this Ramos Pinto Vintage Port 1995 bottle of 750 ml is 47 Euro.
Slightly hazy and dark red almost going into black in the colour.
Subtle aroma, but the little dried fruit there is, is good.
Light in the taste, mild tannin, suitable after taste length and seems ready to drink.
This taste note is for the 3rd glass from the right.
This was blind tasted as a part of a 1975, 1985 and 1995 tasting of four different houses. The tasting was held by The Vintage Port Club of Odense, Denmark.
Estimated cost of this Fonseca Vintage Port 1995 bottle of 750 ml is 47 Euro.
Slightly hazy and a dark red almost going into black colour.
Strong aroma with a good fruit to it.
Medium body with a fine, harmonic and mature taste.
A good wine that is ready to drink now but could properly get even better with time.
This taste note is for the 2nd glass from the right.
This was blind tasted as a part of a 1975, 1985 and 1995 tasting of four different houses. The tasting was held by The Vintage Port Club of Odense, Denmark.
Estimated cost of this Graham’s Vintage Port 1995 bottle of 750 ml is 47 Euro. Learn more about the house of Graham’s here Visiting Graham’s in Porto.
