I've been told I should write a tasting note for what my husband has served me.
Very dark, almost purple in color.
Nose: caramel and dark cherries
Taste: Blackberries, very tart, and a hint of chocolate cherry soda. Poor aftertaste, like cough syrup. Mediocre start, poor finish.
Nothing special.
SCP-DFF.
2003 Hooper LBV
Re: 2003 Hooper LBV
Very dark, the colour clinging to the glass as would that of a young VP. Nose surprisingly good (Hopper!): blackberries, and maybe blackcurrants as well. But the taste despite the same fruits ruined by mid-palate roughness.
My TN composed in my head as SCP-DFF, unobserved by me, wrote hers at the computer. Yet they match! Cool: we were made for each other.
(Approximately €14 from Monoprix. Not terrible; but not to be repeated.)
My TN composed in my head as SCP-DFF, unobserved by me, wrote hers at the computer. Yet they match! Cool: we were made for each other.
(Approximately €14 from Monoprix. Not terrible; but not to be repeated.)
Re: 2003 Hooper LBV
SCP-DFF,
Congrats on your first TN. It's a pity your beloved husband couldn't offer you a Port that was more worthy of this momentus event.
JDAW,
I remember the not-so-long-ago days when you confessed to never having tasted an LBV. Your plight in that Port-starved place you call home must be quite terrible. Now, go and open something nice and say sorry to SCP-DFF for serving her crappy Port.
Derek
Congrats on your first TN. It's a pity your beloved husband couldn't offer you a Port that was more worthy of this momentus event.
JDAW,
I remember the not-so-long-ago days when you confessed to never having tasted an LBV. Your plight in that Port-starved place you call home must be quite terrible. Now, go and open something nice and say sorry to SCP-DFF for serving her crappy Port.
Derek
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
Ernest H. Cockburn
Re: 2003 Hooper LBV
If I’d been at home, of course. Instead I was trapped (in Paris), walking from her friend’s temporary flat to her mother’s, via Monoprix. That narrowed choices.