For The Love Of Port

I picked up a case of 12 Krohn Colhieta 1985 very cheap from a wine merchant in France over the internet - 12 euro per bottle including tax. According to the label it was bottled in 1999.

I opened one bottle on the day it arrived in the UK. The wine was cloudy and has not yet cleared after 2 days standing up. It tastes fine but nothing spectacular.

Any ideas why a colhieta would be cloudy like this? Could it be the travelling? Does this wine throw sediment?

Derek

Derek I bought a half case of this a few months ago I tried mine after a fortnight it wasn't cloudy had very little sediment,But was ok pretty oaky with not a lot else.

Derek,

It is quite common for colheitas to have some sediment, especially those that have been sitting in the bottle for a number of years. Some are even bottled that way to "enhance" the flavor. Often times, the sediment in colheitas is very fine indeed and can take much more that a few days to settle especially after shipping. I have from time to time found that Krohn colheitas can have a haze to them.

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Kevin B. Kelly
A Port Enthusiast