1933 Calem White Colheita
Posted: 00:03 Sat 20 Dec 2008
This was from an old bottle, probably recorked in the 1970s judging from the nature of the cork and capsule. The bottle was labelled with a label reading "No 1 Port" and a neck label reading "Calem 1933". The look and taste of the port brought the conclusion that this was and old, mature and top quality white colheita, quite possibly from 1933.
Very light, very pale amber in colour. Very smelly on the nose, someone described it as madeira-like and it was spot on a verdelho nose - lots of petrol and burnt caramelised oranges. Very unlike madeira in the mouth. Good, thick texture. Lots of caramelised oranges. A huge dose of acidity on the aftertaste, which moves through the range of bitter citrus from Seville Orange through to Grapefruit and is long lasting. Pleasant enough as an experiment. 86/100.
Very light, very pale amber in colour. Very smelly on the nose, someone described it as madeira-like and it was spot on a verdelho nose - lots of petrol and burnt caramelised oranges. Very unlike madeira in the mouth. Good, thick texture. Lots of caramelised oranges. A huge dose of acidity on the aftertaste, which moves through the range of bitter citrus from Seville Orange through to Grapefruit and is long lasting. Pleasant enough as an experiment. 86/100.