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1997 Martinez
Posted: 20:29 Sat 17 May 2008
by jdaw1
Time for a try-out of a $16 vintage port.
Martinez 1997 front label
Posted: 20:39 Sat 17 May 2008
by jdaw1
Martinez 1997 front label
Martinez 1997 back label
Posted: 20:39 Sat 17 May 2008
by jdaw1
Martinez 1997 back label
Martinez Gassiot was founded in the City of London in 1790 and opened its first lodge in Oporto in 1834.
Martinez 1997 capsule
Posted: 20:40 Sat 17 May 2008
by jdaw1
Martinez 1997 capsule
Martinez 1997 cork
Posted: 20:40 Sat 17 May 2008
by jdaw1
Martinez 1997 cork
Martinez 1997 sediment
Posted: 20:41 Sat 17 May 2008
by jdaw1
Martinez 1997 sediment
Martinez 1997 wine colour
Posted: 20:43 Sat 17 May 2008
by jdaw1
Martinez 1997 wine colour
Martinez 1997
Posted: 20:48 Sat 17 May 2008
by jdaw1
Martinez 1997 bought locally for $16 a bottle. Decanted through muslin 3pm, with sticky-looking but fine sediment. No lumps. Very dark, red, a touch cloudy (opening the wooden case won’t have helped), with maybe a tiny hint of brown at the edge: somewhere between
and
. At D+0 grape jelly in the light nose and on the palate, but very very tannic in the mouth. This will need a lot of time in the decanter.
So, as I don’t have many days, I have held the stopper firmly whilst shaking vigorously, and then removed the stopper. (Advice: the sequencing is important.)
Further reports to come.
Martinez 1997
Posted: 03:31 Sun 18 May 2008
by jdaw1
D+7h: still hot and tannic. Huge grapey fruit, but with an ill-melded feel. Tempted to score this something odd like 2-6.
Alas storage is tricky, so the other five bottles will be drunk too young: i.e., soon.
Re: Martinez 1997
Posted: 07:07 Sun 18 May 2008
by RonnieRoots
jdaw1 wrote:D+7h: still hot and tannic. Huge grapey fruit, but with an ill-melded feel. Tempted to score this something odd like 2-6.
Alas storage is tricky, so the other five bottles will be drunk too young: i.e., soon.
The cork looks good, and from your description it doesn't sound cooked. I would certainly try to let some bottles sit in the cellar for a good while and try them aged.
Nice pictures, and of course, a tremendous bargain.
D+30h: still hot, but also blander.
Posted: 03:47 Mon 19 May 2008
by jdaw1
D+30h: still hot, but also blander. The softening of yesterday’s tannins has not left a great port. Satisfactory quaffing, I suppose. 2-5 might be the final score.