RESULTS: pour down the drain?
Decanting: approximately 10 hours (Hersh Method); (same # of hours as first bottle).
-notable improvement in aroma from the glass (nose).
-flavour different from previous bottle...not necessarily as good...somewhat ordinary...NO! 4th half glass sweeter and better.
-clarity of wine superior to any V.P. I have decanted. This is due to my new filtering regime: a)Chinese organic cotton mesh followed by b)Screwpull funnel (old version with micromesh insert).
Churchill 2000 V.P. [2nd bottle]
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Re: Churchill 2000 V.P. [2nd bottle]
Did it have notes of V.A. (volatile acidity, aka nail polish)?
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Re: Churchill 2000 V.P. [2nd bottle]
No. Not at all. It never occurred to me that nail polish could be in port.
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Re: Churchill 2000 V.P. [2nd bottle]
A Port that is suffering from Volatile Acidity (V.A.) will usually give off an aroma that to most people will smell like nail polish.
To quote from the website https://enology.umn.edu
"Volatile Acidity, or "VA", is caused by a type of bacterial spoilage which produces large amounts Acetic acid (vinegar) which is a serious wine fault, the metabolization of acetic acid and alcohol (ethanol) can produce ethyl acetate which smells like nail-polish remover and is also a serious wine fault."
"I have often thought that the aim of Port is to give you a good and durable hangover, so that during the next day you should be reminded of the splendid occasion the night before." - Hungarian/British journalist & author George Mikes