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2002 Vista Alegre LBV Port
Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2009 10:07 am
by Marco D.
Richly fruited. Nice density and quite approachable. Dark ripe plums, spice and violets. Good structure for further evolution. (90)
11/5/2007
Re: 2002 Vallegre, Late Bottled Vintage, Vista Alegre
Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2009 12:09 pm
by Roy Hersh
It is nice when you find an LBV like this which shows so nicely, especially from what's considered a mediocre year at best. It is my daughter's birth year and it is so tough to find anything worthy to put in the cellar for her from 2002. I wind up buying big bottles of Quilceda Creek, Latour, Geyserville and Insignia instead of Port. Waiting for Vargellas to hit the market some day ... maybe 3 more years.
Vista Alegre needs to find a way into the USA!
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Re: 2002 Vallegre, Late Bottled Vintage, Vista Alegre
Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2009 12:37 pm
by Marco D.
Roy Hersh wrote:It is my daughter's birth year and it is so tough to find anything worthy to put in the cellar for her from 2002.
How about some German Rieslings? Those will certainly age.
Roy Hersh wrote:Vista Alegre needs to find a way into the USA!
Agreed... The only reason I even had a bottle was because it was given as a gift when we visited the estate on your 2007 Harvest Tour.