For The Love Of Port

Holy smokes was this rich ripe fruit that showed dark with mocha, chocolate, maple syrup, spices...almost tasted like it could have been bottled yesterday...WOW oh wow...and if that wasn't enough we were up to a treat with the next one... This tasting note is one of several related tasting notes. Cl...

Showed a bit older than the youngster above with less chocolate...but wow was this good too...maple syrup, marzipan, almonds, spice and herbs...this was tremendous and drinking perfectly.... This tasting note is one of several related tasting notes. Click [here] to see the original note in context.

This was light brown in color with nice viscosity. The taste was salty and nutty with raw Toll House cookie dough, with bright tangy acidity, as it stayed in the glass it started to take on a Doritos Nacho Cheese nose. Lacked the palate weight and finish of some of the other wines. 87pts. (My #4 WOT...

Some green on the edges but with a nice amber color. Some green notes streaking through the salty, caramel notes. Again tangy acidity, but better palate weight than A and a longer finish. I asked where the green notes come from and you guessed it a little VA. Still nice. 91pts (#2 WOTN) This tasting...

Wine C: This seemed the darkest wine on the palate. Again, salty, nutty, with brown sugar and caramel with better palate weight and nicer finish than either A or B. I really liked this and it was my WOTN. 93pts. This tasting note is one of several related tasting notes. Click [here] to see the orig...

Again, nice amber color, good viscosity, with a more prominent green tomato vine character streaking through the nuts and earthy notes on the palate. Medium length finish but to me the tomato vine thing was a little off putting leaving this at 90pts (#3 WOTN) This tasting note is one of several rela...

This and wine A were inserted to compare/contrast some vintage Madeiras to thier NV counterparts. I thought this was a fun Madeira. Brown sugar, toffee with some spice but the finish was pretty short and it seemed a little hollow in the mid palate. 87pts (#5 WOTN) This tasting note is one of several...

This was a shame as it was slightly corked. You could sense the beauty of this wine through the cork though. It was the darkest of the wines on the palate with great weight and balance. A pristine bottle of this could have easily been WOTN for me...NR This tasting note is one of several related tast...

Derek We are indeed related and brothers...I am the better looking older brother (by 1 1/2 years). I would love to join you in the UK. I'll see what I can swing schedule wise to make it over there...I'll bring some interesting CA "still" wines. Tony Tony, I do believe you are the brother o...

Also, you may want to get a moderator to move this post to the Madeira forum. Done...you would think my brother would get it right...just kidding Tony :wink: Glad to have you back here posting. :salute: Yeah..I forgot there were two separate forums until I posted...I figured it would be moved so I ...

Todd - I still believe if a producer uses a proper bottling line to do all their formats (let's concentrate on 375/750/1500 mL bottles) then you should see the 375 aging faster than the 750's and the 750 aging faster than the 1500's. All three bottles have the same neck size and cork. The 375 theref...

This was from dinner back in November to celebrate the end of harvest....we had a bunch of other still red wine/white wine. I thought I posted these here but was remiss. I know someone from the eBob board asked about the Millenial bottling(?) but unfortunately I am not sure. It was a real treat to t...

I'll be there with a few folks - Christine and Christianne and Doug

I'll weigh in a bit on this one. There doesn't seem to be a lot of scientific data to back up the fact that 375's age faster but I have do believe they do based upon my experiences with them. We bottle a lot of 375's for tasting at the winery when people come up and for our clients. And I open a lot...

Roy

Thanks for the introduction. I definitely look forward to drinking some vino with you in Seattle soon.

As for the wines, this was really a fun event and extremely educational.

I look forward to drinking a little more Madeira in the future.

Tony

I belong to a monthly tasting group with several high profile Pinot makers in Sonoma County. The group also has a barrel rep and a few who are ITB but not winemakers. Usually, the group meets (12-14 people) and shares 6 bottles double blind--one group member brings the 6 bottles, bags them and pours...