Decanted three hours ago.
In the glass a dark purple-red colour. Rather subdued nose.
On the palate it does the great '94 party trick of having strong fruit masking the tannins, making a relatively young wine quite approachable.
Good wine, if a little too young still - a player to challenge the biggest names.
More anon..
Tom
1994 Ramos Pinto Ervamoira
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1994 Ervamoira (Ramos Pinto) vintage port
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Yes, I'm retreating from the young stuff - I might do a V96 and Co94 before the year's out, plus the odd '91 & '85 - but overall, I expect to average well over 30yrs on my casual quaffing..Child killer
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14 years is not excessively young for a very forward vintage like '94, but for a middle to long haul vintage like '00, 8 years is far too soon.
I will probably pop a stray '00 in four or five years time to see how the vintage is developing, but I doubt they'll be fit for mainstream consumption before 2025.
Tom
I will probably pop a stray '00 in four or five years time to see how the vintage is developing, but I doubt they'll be fit for mainstream consumption before 2025.
Tom
I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I shall be sober and you will still be ugly - W.S. Churchill