For The Love Of Port

the first of 2 bottles of Butler Nephew VP (with the Belgian Thienpont label but bottled in Vila Nova de Gaia)
this was opened about 2 hours before tasting. not decanted just chilled a little. the cork was mostly wet and came out quite easily.

the color was still red but going slightly towards orange and quite translucent.
i tasted a lot of cherry and with still quite a bit of heat in it. almost like Ginja. i also got some hints of strawberry and a pretty sticky mouth. and a hint of bitter in the aftertaste that i usually connect to tawny ports. my experience with aged VP's is limited but i would say this was a very nice but not fantastic port. let's see what day 2 brings.

How was day 2?

Sounds like it has passed its best days and starting a slow slide toward the tawny side.

day 2 was very similar. a little less heat but not much change in taste.

Bert VD wrote:day 2 was very similar. a little less heat but not much change in taste.

I had this more than 30 years ago.... and this sounds like an improvement! I'm up and down with this shipper, but I'm glad this it is not falling apart.

Yeah, I've never even seen a 1975 VP by this producer, or forgot if I ever have but don't think so. Thanks for taking one for the team.