For The Love Of Port

Purchased at the Norwegian Wine Monopoly. Bottled 2020. Decanted 1.5 hrs. Medium dark brown. Citrus and dried fruit in the aroma. Some alcohol at start. Full body. Rich, elegant, soft, round, caramel and a nice element of citrus. A fresh colheita in spite of being 41 years at decanting. Well-structu...

75 cl bottle. Bottled 2019. Dekantert 30 minutes. Medium dark brown. Darker than most other 10 yrs white ports. Aroma of fresh tropical fruits and also touch of Christmas spices incl. cardamom. Full body. Powerful, round, elegant and freshness fresh are the first impressions of the taste. Nice tanni...

Tasted this May 2018 at Napoles with Dirk Niepoort.
Fantastic port. Gave it 95 pts. Posted tasting note at FTLOP.

Last bottle of that vintage port was given to our oldest daughter as a 30 years-gift in 2010. After that it has been stored in two flats in Oslo and three flats in Copenhagen. Early July 2021 she invited Emmy and me + herselves and husband to open the bottle. Based on all the movements I had no expe...

Decanted 4.5 hrs (next bottle will be 5.5 hrs). Plenty with sediments. Cork in good condition. Deep dark red colour with additions of brown. Aroma of fruit and something undefined sweet. Full body. Powerful and also elegant, rich style, nice “polished” tannins, indications of wood and minerals. Well...

Bottle purchased at the Norwegian Wine Monopoly December 2011. Decanted 6.5 hrs, which was OK. A lot of fine sediments. Lower half of the cork was soaking wet, while the upper half was dry. Brownred colour. Subdued aroma of sweet berries. Full body. Taste is elegant and rich. Wood/minerals/berries i...

In the mid-/end 1990s I purchased plenty of vintage ports from Berry Bros., London. Picked up at their shop at Heathrow terminal 3, and carried on board myself (or with help of colleagues). Then stored in my purpose-built wine cellar (always dark) since then. The last three tasting notes on Cellartr...

Decanted 5 hrs, which was OK. Medium red at decanting. When served the colour was dark brownred. Aroma showing ripe berries and old wood. Full body. Taste was rich in style, elegant and ripe berries. Also, wood was there together with distinct tannins and some dryness. Slight anis towards the end. T...

Decanted 7.5 hrs. Deep, deep, purple colour. Aroma is powerful, although still somewhat closed. During consumption the aroma is opening up, and consist of herbs, tobacco and some acidity. Full body. Powerful, elegant, rich with complex content. Plenty minerals. Prunes towards the end. Long aftertast...

8 yrs old and will probably soon enter a closed period. Decanted 7 hrs. Deep, deep red colour, nearly black. Rich and intense aroma dominated by ripe fruit, but also some minerals in the background. Full body. Powerful and quite elegant. Plenty of berries (especially cherries) and in addition accept...

Not so many vintage ports from that year. Bottled 2004. Decanted 3.5 hrs, which should be reduced to 2.5 – 3.0 hrs for next bottle. Plenty small sediments at decanting. Medium red with a touch of light brown. Subdued aroma of ripe berries. Medium body. Nice start with pleasant berries. Some wood and...

SELLING MADEIRA FROM 1834 AND 1863 Back in 2002 the Norwegian Wine Monopoly offered the following: - Barbeito Malvazia 1834 - Barbeito Boal 1863 I purchased one bottle of 1834 and one bottle of 1863. Neither Emmy (my wife) nor I have found interest in Madeira. We have come to the conclusion that we ...

Decanted 45 minutes, which worked well. Medium brown colour. Fresh aroma of citrus, minerals and almonds. Full body. Powerful taste of citrus with minerals, wood and herbs in the background. A well-structured colheita port that also has a nice acidity/sweetness-balance. Long aftertaste. A lovely col...

Bottled 2015. Decanted 1 hr 45 min. Medium cognac colour. A touch of alcohol at the beginning (disappeared 2 hrs after decanting). Aroma also includes citrus, wood and caramel. Medium to full body. Taste is powerful, elegant and with plenty well-integrated citrus. Slightly on the sweet side. Well-st...

The 1985 Smith Woodhouse vintage port has for abt. 10-12 years been my vintage port in reserve if/when I want to serve another vintage port to guests, and it appear that the latter failed. Then the 1985 SW can be opened with just a few hours decanting time. It has never disappointed me. This tasting...

Purchased at the Dow’s Quinta do Bomfim-visitor centre May 2016. Bottled 2015. Decanted 1 hr. Medium brown colour with a touch of red. First impression of aroma was unfortunately some alcohol, but that faded away. Aroma also of burnt sugar, nuts and wood. Full body. Taste was powerful, round, elegan...

In general, I like the Gaivosa Douro red quite a lot (since 2003 which was my first vintage of that wine). The 2015-vintage was another very good year for Gaivosa red. Decanted 5 hrs, which worked well. Aroma dominated by minerals, but with wood and fruit in the background. Full body. Taste was powe...

Decanted 1 hr. Deep purple colour. Powerful, fruity aroma. Touch of wood and minerals. Full body. Powerful, quite elegant taste, fresh fruit, acidity/sweetness-balance was very good. Also well-structured. Medium length aftertaste. 91 pts.

Bottled 2020. Decanted 1.5 hrs. Medium red with a touch of brown. Light rim. Aroma of wood and citrus. Full body. Immediately a “round” impression and well-integrated tannins. Nice citrus and touch of wood, hints of spices. Not too sweet. A bit masculine in style. Medium length aftertaste. 92 pts.

Bottled 2015 (= 29 yrs at bottling). Decanted 2 hrs. Slightly oxidized. Dark brown colour. Aroma of citrus, plenty of nuts and unfortunately a touch of alcohol. Full body. Taste was “big” and elegant including nuts, citrus with minerals and wood in the background. Alcohol also in the taste. Nice tan...