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On Tuesday 18th September 2012 some of the obvious suspects gathered in the Bung Hole, for company and entertainment, and to taste some Ports, including several samples of Sandeman Vau.

Links:

• Review of the evenings as a whole;
• 1997 Sandeman Vau (Stevens Garnier, 37½cl);
• 1997 Sandeman Vau (Oporto Airport, 37½cl);
• 1999 Sandeman Vau (Stevens Garnier, 37½cl);
• 2000 Sandeman Vau (Oddbins, 75cl);
• 2000 Sandeman Vau (Stevens Garnier, 37½cl);
• 2003 Sandeman Vau (Stevens Garnier, 75cl);
• 1992 Dow Quinta do Bomfim;
• 1994 Morgan;
• 1994 Tesco;
• 2003 Sainsbury’s;
• Graham Crusted bottled 2004;
• 1986 Niepoort Colheita bottled 2010;
• Placemats;
• Planning and arrangements.

SV97: pop-and-pour. Red, pink at edge, cloudy (decanted through a metal gauze). Nose stack. Off. Not tasted.

Using the new international port-tasting scale ({Excellent, Good, Nice, Tolerable, or Inadequate}), mostly scored I, with one T and one N.

I suspect a bad bottle.

Half bottle sourced from Stevens Garnier. Mature colour, bricking rim, slightly cloudy. Unattractive nose, full of bottle stink. Bland entry, dry and chalky tannins dominating over leightweight stewed fruit. Vegetal tones on the palate from the bottle stink - but this does turn intoa really nice raspberry finish of decent length. 83/100. Decanted ½ hour.

jdaw1 wrote:SV97: pop-and-pour. Red, pink at edge, cloudy (decanted through a metal gauze). Nose stack. Off. Not tasted.


I suspect a bad bottle.

It did not taste right, I agree. My guess is that the cork was of bad quality and accelerated the aging process. Hence why it was not liked. Colour was also with a hint of brown.

regards

WS1