NV Porto Rocha 150th Anniversary Tawny Port
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2015 3:16 pm
Porto Rocha 150th Anniversary Tawny Port
Believed to be one of the rare and elusive 1st bottlings, which were accidentally made with a dramatically higher percentage of 19th century Port in the blend.
Color: Medium dark tawny brown, very clear in the glass.
Nose: Brown sugar, meyer lemon, leather, very intense, toffeeized caramel, irish cream, faint butter.
Palate: Dark roast coffee, deep dark raisin, some toffee. The finish has an amazingly long caramel note, and lasts 10+ minutes. There's definitely something very old in this bottle.
Score: 94 points. I can't say for sure either way whether or not this was actually a 1st bottling, but it was outstanding. It clearly out-shone the Three Centuries, but couldn't keep pace with the S. Leonardo 40-yr old.
Believed to be one of the rare and elusive 1st bottlings, which were accidentally made with a dramatically higher percentage of 19th century Port in the blend.
Color: Medium dark tawny brown, very clear in the glass.
Nose: Brown sugar, meyer lemon, leather, very intense, toffeeized caramel, irish cream, faint butter.
Palate: Dark roast coffee, deep dark raisin, some toffee. The finish has an amazingly long caramel note, and lasts 10+ minutes. There's definitely something very old in this bottle.
Score: 94 points. I can't say for sure either way whether or not this was actually a 1st bottling, but it was outstanding. It clearly out-shone the Three Centuries, but couldn't keep pace with the S. Leonardo 40-yr old.