1996 Calem Foz

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1996 Calem Foz

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Cálem Quinta da Foz 1996: seen in the Wine Warehouse, and having so liked the CáF70, purchased for all of $16+tax. Decanted at 1:30pm. Very opaque deep red. Nose closed. Taste full of dark fruit, but quite astringent. Needs time in the decanter. More later in both senses.
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Re: 1996 Cálem Quinta da Foz

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Much more later. Full of young smooth fruit. A joy to drink, in the sense of a not-fully-mature medium-weight excessively-hyphenated port full of plums and blackberries. Not heavy enough to be a full-on great port, but for the pittance it cost, and even if it cost several pittances more, very fine.
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