1977 Delaforce Vintage Port
Posted: 18:32 Tue 02 Jun 2009
Sourced recently from WineConsigners.com for a song. Brought to the NYC 1977 take-2 tasting by SushiNorth on Sean's behalf.
(garrotted on second try, decanted 1 hr, then put in a bottle and brought to tasting)
+0 Light red color. Spirity, and a little cardboardy nose, but hiding. It's very smooth in the mouth, but a bit hot and without much fruit. There's a lot of acid, and a metallic taste like brushed steel.
+2.5 (tasting): Cloudy, raspberry colord. Spirity nose with fruit appearing but still faint. Everyone claimed there's mint, but i don't see it. Tastes nice, nothing distinct coming out to me. It improved over the course of the evening and became smoother, but it was a pretty mediocre port.
(garrotted on second try, decanted 1 hr, then put in a bottle and brought to tasting)
+0 Light red color. Spirity, and a little cardboardy nose, but hiding. It's very smooth in the mouth, but a bit hot and without much fruit. There's a lot of acid, and a metallic taste like brushed steel.
+2.5 (tasting): Cloudy, raspberry colord. Spirity nose with fruit appearing but still faint. Everyone claimed there's mint, but i don't see it. Tastes nice, nothing distinct coming out to me. It improved over the course of the evening and became smoother, but it was a pretty mediocre port.