Messias Quinta do Cachão 1970: another 1970 missing from that allegedly ‘great’ horizontal held 30th January 2009. Obviously the horizontal will have to be redone properly sighs loudly.
Decanted 3pm-ish. Wet cork; little sediment, such as there was being fine. At the time, somewhat rushed, the decanter-priming sample had tartness and a little heat.
So at D+2hr revisited. 80%ile translucent = 20%ile opaque, mostly brown tinged with red, colour 40% saturated. Nose showing some alcohol and that same tartness. To taste the heat is gentle and pleasant, but the tartness is strong. The fruit has faded, leaving perhaps raisons and a hint of cranberry. Entirely pleasant port, but on the downhill stretch. Mayhap Uncle Tom would record something 5-3. So better than the Messias 1970.
1970 Messias Cachao
Re: 1970 Messias Quinta do Cachão
Various posts moved to Messias and Quinta do Cachão, these including a list of all their vintages and the producer’s failure to keep track of which have been made. jdaw1, 23:00 NY time on Mon 06 April 2009.
Should this discussion be split from the TN?
Should this discussion be split from the TN?
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Re: 1970 Messias Quinta do Cachão
Not only have they used all-capitals for a sentence with accents, the typefaces chosen don’t even treat consistently accented capitals.
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Re: 1970 Messias Quinta do Cachão
Yes - it is an interesting discussion in its own right and will be difficult to find unless you do split - but make sure that the picture of the label and Jacob's comments stay in the TN thread.DRT wrote:Should this discussion be split from the TN?
IMO, of course.
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Re: 1970 Messias Quinta do Cachão
Messias Quinta do Cachão 1970, at D+29hr. Yum. Much better. The heat has become pepper, a well-melded sweetness has appeared, with good length, and the tartness has softened. I like this and am regretting the wife’s consumption of so much of the bottle. With the extra day maybe a 6-4, maybe 7-4. Yum.
Re: 1970 Messias Quinta do Cachão
Various posts that were above this point have been moved to Messias and Quinta do Cachão, these including a list of all their vintages and the producer’s failure to keep track of which have been made. jdaw1, 23:00 NY time on Mon 06 April 2009.
Presumably jdaw1’s comments were meant.AHB wrote:but make sure that the picture of the label and Jacob's comments stay in the TN thread.