1963 Quinta do Noval Nacional VP

[Eric Menchen]

The aroma is definitely more fruity than the prior tasted 1963 Fonseca, with some red fruit and brambleberries, perhaps boysenberry? The flavor is sweet with a wonderful medium body. There is a great depth of fruit, and it tastes like it could be a 1994 vintage Port. Incredibly deep fruit flavors of cherry, raspberry, black currant, and something else perhaps like elderberry. Nice acidity, and mild but apparent tannins. This is best VP I can recall ever tasting. 98 points.

[Eric Menchen]

As a side note, a few years ago I bought 5 pounds of fresh elderberries. I made a sauce, a sugar syrup, and an infused gin with them. I don't recall the exact flavor now. I still have some of the gin, but it also has gin flavors to complicate using it for a flavor profile.