1991 Krohn Vintage Port

[Jay Powers]

1991 Krohn Vintage Port (tasted 2006)

From a 375 mL bottle, bottled in 1994. A surprisingly large amount of flakey sediment. Decanted into a 500 mL decanter, which was left open for the first ~6 hours, and closed from then until consumed.

I followed this from right after decanting (just a taste), +10 hours (a small glass), and +34 hours (all the rest!). The aroma is pure fruit with no flowers, with lightly stewed plums dominating. There was a little spirt at first tasting, but this had completely blown off at 34 hours.

At 34 hours, the port is a ruby red, with similar aroma. A little lighter style than many, but good length and quite tasty. This is a pretty good port, which is good value for a VP (if you can find it). I enjoyed it enough to finish the bottle in one night. The plummy aroma comes through in the taste, but in a good sense only (I'm not a fan of stewed fruit at all, but somehow this one works). I think this one is still improving, but is unlikely to last as long as many. Good for drinking now.

Rating: Very good