2007 Quevedo Vintage Port
Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 11:21 am
2007 Quevedo Vintage Port
Color: no note due to poor restaurant lighting, but it doesn't take a rocket scientist to guess that it's very purple, very dense, and very opaque.
Nose: dense and purple, slightly tangy (which another noted as tanky), and some very aromatic alcohol. Almost perfumey alcohol.
Palate: very grapey, very powerful. Primal. Handles spice and pepper equally well by simply steamrolling over them. (My appetizer, which was a spicy crab+morel mushroom dish, arrived as I was finishing my notes on the Qv07.) Neither sweet nor dry to my taste with a medium full body. Solid tannins and very good acidity. I suspect it may mature more quickly than many of the other 2007s I have tasted, but will remain on its maturity plateau for decades.
Finish: long and pleasant, with a smooth and even fade. I wasn't able to get a good note on the finish, unfortunately, due to the arrival of food.
Score: 93 points. Nicely balanced other than perhaps slightly too strong acidity, but I didn't find the acidity distracting. I'll venture a guess of about 25-30 years to mature, then many many years on a plateau.
Color: no note due to poor restaurant lighting, but it doesn't take a rocket scientist to guess that it's very purple, very dense, and very opaque.
Nose: dense and purple, slightly tangy (which another noted as tanky), and some very aromatic alcohol. Almost perfumey alcohol.
Palate: very grapey, very powerful. Primal. Handles spice and pepper equally well by simply steamrolling over them. (My appetizer, which was a spicy crab+morel mushroom dish, arrived as I was finishing my notes on the Qv07.) Neither sweet nor dry to my taste with a medium full body. Solid tannins and very good acidity. I suspect it may mature more quickly than many of the other 2007s I have tasted, but will remain on its maturity plateau for decades.
Finish: long and pleasant, with a smooth and even fade. I wasn't able to get a good note on the finish, unfortunately, due to the arrival of food.
Score: 93 points. Nicely balanced other than perhaps slightly too strong acidity, but I didn't find the acidity distracting. I'll venture a guess of about 25-30 years to mature, then many many years on a plateau.