NV Dow 40 Year Old Tawny Port

[Eric Menchen]

Tasted blind. Bottled 2008. Musty stale aroma, which I have a hard time getting past. There is some alcohol too, more of the sanitizing/rubbing type. Perhaps there is a little dried fruit, raisin, behind this? Intense sweetness and acid. This in balance like the previously tasted wine (Rocha 40), but more of each. But the stale aroma is still there and keeps the score down. 88-89 points. Later, the stale aroma finally blew off a little bit, giving: 89 points.