NV Graham Crusted 2000
Posted: 14:22 Thu 25 Oct 2007
Didn't know whether to call this NV or put the year on, so I put the bottled year on. I can change if anybody gets uppity.
Reasonable amount of grit in bottom of bottle when it was decanted including some quite solid stuff.
Colour was dark, a sort of blackcurrant cordial colour - yes, undiluted Ribena. Mildly viscous. Nose was pretty thin with a hint of cherry and some coffee.
In the mouth it was medium-bodied with sweet cherry and finishing with weak coffee.
Following day it had thickened up and the coffee had become stronger.
Third day it was even more gooey and the cherries and coffe both more prominent. I suspect that if I hadn't finished it then I would have had a sort of kirsch espresso by the end of the week.
Not a great Port but I suspect that it will get better with a lot of extra time. Excellent value at the £7 something that I paid per bottle though.
Reasonable amount of grit in bottom of bottle when it was decanted including some quite solid stuff.
Colour was dark, a sort of blackcurrant cordial colour - yes, undiluted Ribena. Mildly viscous. Nose was pretty thin with a hint of cherry and some coffee.
In the mouth it was medium-bodied with sweet cherry and finishing with weak coffee.
Following day it had thickened up and the coffee had become stronger.
Third day it was even more gooey and the cherries and coffe both more prominent. I suspect that if I hadn't finished it then I would have had a sort of kirsch espresso by the end of the week.
Not a great Port but I suspect that it will get better with a lot of extra time. Excellent value at the £7 something that I paid per bottle though.