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1972 Quinta de Vargellas
Posted: 22:31 Mon 23 Mar 2009
by benread
Drunk as part of the
Vargellathon - a tasting of Taylor's Quinta de Vargellas port from 1964 to 1996. Held at
The Crusting Pipeon Tuesday 24th March 2009.
Bottle kindly adopted and supplied by
Ghandhi
Re: 1972 Quinta de Vargellas
Posted: 12:17 Tue 24 Mar 2009
by uncle tom
Decanted 11.00 24/3
Horizontally branded cork which broke. Average amount of lumpy sediment. Light nose, quite pale, but the dregs tasted very nice.
Returned to original bottle after rinsing, and re-corked.
Tom
Re: 1972 Quinta de Vargellas
Posted: 01:32 Fri 27 Mar 2009
by DRT
Very dark. Harsh spirity nose. A nice drinking wine with a good weight and a burnt sugar finish.
Re: 1972 Quinta de Vargellas
Posted: 01:11 Sat 28 Mar 2009
by Alex Bridgeman
Light in colour, pale centre, clearly fully mature. Quite empty on the nose, smelling of slightly mouldy or damp raspberries, described by some as cabbage. Sweet but rustic on the nose and a complete contrast in the mouth, where it is refined and structured. Good balance, if a little on the simple side. Much better than the nose woudl lead you to expect. Slightly harsh on the back of the throat, but once this harshness fades this leaves a tannic dryness that is quite enjoyable. 84/100. Drunk 24 March 2009.
Re: 1972 Quinta de Vargellas
Posted: 20:10 Sun 29 Mar 2009
by uncle tom
I'm wondering if Derek got his glasses muddled here, as I have this down as being easily the palest of them all.
A nicely composed, if lightweight wine; but a clear candidate for a 'drink up' flag on my cellar list (I have three bottles left)
Tom