1988 Taylor Fladgate Quinta de Vargellas
Posted: 21:10 Fri 11 Apr 2008
This is from the half bottles i picked up a while ago and was concerned about shipping temperature. This bottle was also used for the Metal Coffee Filter Decanting Experiment
+0 Heavy wood smoke, lots of heat, cherries and a hint of pepper. Beyond that, not very earth-shattering of a port. Plenty of sediment thrown.
+10 mins Wood Smoke has disappeared.
+40 mins A grapefruit flavor has emerged
+1:30 hrs The fruit has faded, replaced by a hint of chocolate
+1:50 hrs Blackberries and butterscotch added to the chocolate
I'd like to leave this one longer, so at this point the half of a half bottle left is being returned to its (cleaned) bottle, i'm closing it up (air and all), and headed to a mtg.
+8 hrs about the same as before, more of the blackberries with a caramel flavor. Some evergreen and mint arrived late.
Overall: 6/10 VP. I wasn't wow'd by this port. It was good, but I expect big things from a bottle of VP. If this were a special reserve it would have been great but it was just a little above mediocre for VP.
+0 Heavy wood smoke, lots of heat, cherries and a hint of pepper. Beyond that, not very earth-shattering of a port. Plenty of sediment thrown.
+10 mins Wood Smoke has disappeared.
+40 mins A grapefruit flavor has emerged
+1:30 hrs The fruit has faded, replaced by a hint of chocolate
+1:50 hrs Blackberries and butterscotch added to the chocolate
I'd like to leave this one longer, so at this point the half of a half bottle left is being returned to its (cleaned) bottle, i'm closing it up (air and all), and headed to a mtg.
+8 hrs about the same as before, more of the blackberries with a caramel flavor. Some evergreen and mint arrived late.
Overall: 6/10 VP. I wasn't wow'd by this port. It was good, but I expect big things from a bottle of VP. If this were a special reserve it would have been great but it was just a little above mediocre for VP.
