2000 Sandeman

Tasting notes for individual Ports, with an index sorted by vintage and alphabetically.
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Cockburn 1851
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2000 Sandeman

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On Monday 19th January 2015 we gathered in the Red Room of the Boot and Flogger to drink some Fonseca, including a bottle that had been drawn from an imperial on Saturday 17th (discussion).

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S00 (Anthony Habert of Sogrape UK). 90% opaque. Palate mid-weight, black cherry and strawberry.
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Deep red colour, opaque but vibrant and full of life. Delicious on the nose with waves of sweet strawberry fruit - perhaps a bit too sweet and tending to a bit of flabbiness. Rounded in the mouth, giving equal weight and flavour across the palate; full of strawberries and dry cocoa powder tannins. Gets quite big with a decent streak of acidity to give good focus and structure. Lovely port; drinking well now but should develop a better presence and more complexity with more time in the cellar. 87/100.
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.

2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
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