I have had very little experience of OBV. Indeed, the only sample of it that I could recall was an OBV 1972 drunk eight days previously.
Mid-red, nosing of rich well-melded sugar. The initial taste is lovely, heavy soft fruit, which promptly disappeared to be replaced with crude alcohol. Great at the start, then ordinary. Sort of like England at Twickenham.
Decanted 4½ hours. Mid-red colour, orange rim. Sweet cherry nose, dusty and delicately perfumed. Glides into the mouth and brings a lot of tannins within the ripe fruit. Lovely, balanced and floral flavours in the mouth. Glorious aftertaste that just fades a little too quickly for my liking. Pleasant but not great. 5/5 or 90/100. Drunk 2/2/08.
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.