NV Graham Crusted 1998

Tasting notes for individual Ports, with an index sorted by vintage and alphabetically.
Forum rules
Tasting notes for individual Ports, with an index sorted by vintage and alphabetically.
Post Reply
User avatar
djewesbury
Graham’s 1970
Posts: 8165
Joined: 20:01 Mon 31 Dec 2012
Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
Contact:

NV Graham Crusted 1998

Post by djewesbury »

D+1.5 This has a huge nose: muscovado sugar, butterscotch, malt syrup, cloves, bitter chocolate, black cherries, violets, herbs, rhubarb...
In the mouth there is a granularity in the texture, lots of bitterness, cold sweet black coffee, not a long finish but the coffee dominates.
Daniel J.
Husband of a relentless former Soviet Chess Master.
delete.. delete.. *sigh*.. delete...
User avatar
DRT
Fonseca 1966
Posts: 15779
Joined: 23:51 Wed 20 Jun 2007
Location: Chesterfield, UK
Contact:

Re: NV Graham Crusted 1998

Post by DRT »

djewesbury wrote:D+1.5 This has a huge nose: muscovado sugar, butterscotch, malt syrup, cloves, bitter chocolate, black cherries, violets, herbs, rhubarb...
In the mouth there is a granularity in the texture, lots of bitterness, cold sweet black coffee, not a long finish but the coffee dominates.
I'm not sure whether or not this is a compliment.
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
User avatar
djewesbury
Graham’s 1970
Posts: 8165
Joined: 20:01 Mon 31 Dec 2012
Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
Contact:

Re: NV Graham Crusted 1998

Post by djewesbury »

Me either. I am enjoying it but it's definitely very bitter. This is the first ruby port I've opened since before the summer. I'm going to see what it's like tomorrow. And I missed out a descriptor in the aroma: a faint whiff of rubber bands (not very hot).
Daniel J.
Husband of a relentless former Soviet Chess Master.
delete.. delete.. *sigh*.. delete...
User avatar
DRT
Fonseca 1966
Posts: 15779
Joined: 23:51 Wed 20 Jun 2007
Location: Chesterfield, UK
Contact:

Re: NV Graham Crusted 1998

Post by DRT »

djewesbury wrote:Me either.
Or perhaps neither?
djewesbury wrote:I missed out a descriptor in the aroma: a faint whiff of rubber bands (not very hot).
Always a good sign :wink:
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
User avatar
djewesbury
Graham’s 1970
Posts: 8165
Joined: 20:01 Mon 31 Dec 2012
Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
Contact:

Re: NV Graham Crusted 1998

Post by djewesbury »

DRT wrote:
djewesbury wrote:Me either.
Or perhaps neither?
I think this may be a bit of Hiberno-English that I've picked up. This is an interesting dialect, and consists mostly of words and usages left over from Elizabethan English (as in "I'm just after drinking all that port" and "amn't I clever for drinking all that port?").
Daniel J.
Husband of a relentless former Soviet Chess Master.
delete.. delete.. *sigh*.. delete...
User avatar
djewesbury
Graham’s 1970
Posts: 8165
Joined: 20:01 Mon 31 Dec 2012
Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
Contact:

Re: NV Graham Crusted 1998

Post by djewesbury »

That might be rubbish though.
Daniel J.
Husband of a relentless former Soviet Chess Master.
delete.. delete.. *sigh*.. delete...
User avatar
DRT
Fonseca 1966
Posts: 15779
Joined: 23:51 Wed 20 Jun 2007
Location: Chesterfield, UK
Contact:

Re: NV Graham Crusted 1998

Post by DRT »

djewesbury wrote:That might be rubbish though.
More than likely at this time of night.

You should try living on the Yorkshire/Derbyshire border for a while so that the word while takes on a completely new meaning.

Scotsman at recruitment interview: "What are the normal office hours?"

Manager in charge of interview: "Nine while five, me duck."

Answers on a postcard.
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
User avatar
AW77
Morgan 1991
Posts: 1113
Joined: 20:20 Wed 25 Sep 2013
Location: Cologne, Germany

Re: NV Graham Crusted 1998

Post by AW77 »

Perhaps the '98 Crusted is still too young? (Which is surprising for a 16-year-old Crusted, but might be possible none the same.)
At least that's what I thought when I opened a bottle last year:
http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=7776
The Eleventh Commandment: Thou shalt know thy Port
PhilW
Dalva Golden White Colheita 1952
Posts: 3503
Joined: 14:22 Wed 15 Dec 2010
Location: Near Cambridge, UK

Re: NV Graham Crusted 1998

Post by PhilW »

AW77 wrote:Perhaps the '98 Crusted is still too young? (Which is surprising for a 16-year-old Crusted, but might be possible none the same.)
At least that's what I thought when I opened a bottle last year:
http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=7776
I felt the same; should be lovely in another 10+ years (so I bought some to store)
User avatar
djewesbury
Graham’s 1970
Posts: 8165
Joined: 20:01 Mon 31 Dec 2012
Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
Contact:

Re: NV Graham Crusted 1998

Post by djewesbury »

AW77 wrote:Perhaps the '98 Crusted is still too young? (Which is surprising for a 16-year-old Crusted, but might be possible none the same.)
At least that's what I thought when I opened a bottle last year:
http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=7776
It seemed to have a lot more than you found in it though, a very lively nose indeed, at least at first. I have it here know, a day later, and yes, it is rather jammy, like the Johannisbeeren (redcurrant) jam I like in Germany, which is exactly what you noticed. The bitterness I found so dominant yesterday is almost all gone, and heat dominates in a much longer finish than just after opening. This seems simpler now it's a little more integrated.
Yes, this is a keeper, I think.
Daniel J.
Husband of a relentless former Soviet Chess Master.
delete.. delete.. *sigh*.. delete...
User avatar
djewesbury
Graham’s 1970
Posts: 8165
Joined: 20:01 Mon 31 Dec 2012
Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
Contact:

Re: NV Graham Crusted 1998

Post by djewesbury »

Tonight (3 days after opening) this is all caramel and mint. Very nice, integrated, a lovely finish. The bitterness is subdued and just discernible as a cleanness in the pleasant, long finish. Good port.
Daniel J.
Husband of a relentless former Soviet Chess Master.
delete.. delete.. *sigh*.. delete...
Post Reply