1987 Hutcheson Vintage Port
Posted: 22:59 Fri 28 Sep 2007
After 4½ hours in the decanter.
Deep colour, a rich mahogany red-brown. Nose quite closed but giving some oatmeal and blueberries. Sweet entry, quite smooth, not a lot of fruit on the initial impact but there is some pleasant mid-palate development of sandalwood and redcurrants. The alcohol comes through on swallowing, but precedes a very pleasant and lengthy aftertaste constructued around a core of lemongrass and bitter lemon. Enjoyable, but not sure if this represents good value for money at £20 a bottle - probably the weakest 1987 VP that I have drunk to date. Certainly sits in the bottom quartile of wines that I expect to drink this year, probably just above the weakest 5 but the good news is that it is not likely to deteriorate over the next 10 years, so 2/2 or 85/100.
This is the other VP on offer at BAA's duty free shops, at £20 a bottle. However, having tasted this and the Kopke 1985, I would recommend paying the extra £5 and buying the Kopke 1985.
Alex
Deep colour, a rich mahogany red-brown. Nose quite closed but giving some oatmeal and blueberries. Sweet entry, quite smooth, not a lot of fruit on the initial impact but there is some pleasant mid-palate development of sandalwood and redcurrants. The alcohol comes through on swallowing, but precedes a very pleasant and lengthy aftertaste constructued around a core of lemongrass and bitter lemon. Enjoyable, but not sure if this represents good value for money at £20 a bottle - probably the weakest 1987 VP that I have drunk to date. Certainly sits in the bottom quartile of wines that I expect to drink this year, probably just above the weakest 5 but the good news is that it is not likely to deteriorate over the next 10 years, so 2/2 or 85/100.
This is the other VP on offer at BAA's duty free shops, at £20 a bottle. However, having tasted this and the Kopke 1985, I would recommend paying the extra £5 and buying the Kopke 1985.
Alex