2005 Quinta do Pego LBV Port
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 5:10 am
Immediately after decanting - some green edges on the nose (grass, eucalypt) while also exhibiting some spice (pepper, cassia) with hints of cacoa.
D+5 Nose not particularly sweet, still a little closed but with chocolate and spice. Well balanced and soft up front with some mid palete annins did kick in but they certainly weren't agressive. Not a long finish.
D + 1 day - Spicy on the nose - pepper cardimon and cassia notes. An initial sweetness wwith some raspberry and plum flavours. The mid palete has dropped away completely but there is a longer finish this time as the tannins kick in
D + 2 little change.
Other notes - I have never extracted a cork as easily I did this one. The empty bottle also seemed to lack weight to me (that might just be me having not noticed before though). The label stated that this was unfiltered so I decanted through cheese cloth but saw no evidence of sediment. This bottle cost me AU $29 which is the cheapest port I have found so far on the Australian market. I'm still a bit under qualified to judge, but I don't see this improving much over time. Overall, while this port lacked a bit of complexity, I'd happily buy this again at the price. 86 points
D+5 Nose not particularly sweet, still a little closed but with chocolate and spice. Well balanced and soft up front with some mid palete annins did kick in but they certainly weren't agressive. Not a long finish.
D + 1 day - Spicy on the nose - pepper cardimon and cassia notes. An initial sweetness wwith some raspberry and plum flavours. The mid palete has dropped away completely but there is a longer finish this time as the tannins kick in
D + 2 little change.
Other notes - I have never extracted a cork as easily I did this one. The empty bottle also seemed to lack weight to me (that might just be me having not noticed before though). The label stated that this was unfiltered so I decanted through cheese cloth but saw no evidence of sediment. This bottle cost me AU $29 which is the cheapest port I have found so far on the Australian market. I'm still a bit under qualified to judge, but I don't see this improving much over time. Overall, while this port lacked a bit of complexity, I'd happily buy this again at the price. 86 points