1992 Dalva Colheita (bottled 2017)
Posted: 23:00 Sun 07 Jun 2020
Bottled 2017.
+ 2 hours.
Pale mahogany, greenish rim.
Nose rather dumb and fiery but hazelnuts and orange peel can be discerned.
On the palate herbs and and a big burst of clementine- like someone spritzing a segment of it across a glass of gin.
Long finish reminiscent of good quality orange marmalade on warm, unbuttered, sourdough toast [this may sound like a jeu d'esprit, but it was so marked I actually went and cross referenced [Frank Cooper's and Poilane] to confirm before posting. Very nice it was too.].
+50 hours
Perhaps a touch paler, light-affected mahogany.
Nose still remarkably dumb. A little hazelnut, and acetone, with deep inhalation.
The clementine element even more pronounced on the palate, and very pleasant. Not massively port-like but very drinkable.
Shorter but pleasant marmalade finish.
I should have drunk this up yesterday.
This is now very pleasant, but in no way exceptional wine. Bottled at 25 years old it is a world away from the 1934 house colheita bottled at 39 years old.
Consumed 7/6/2020-9/6/20.
+ 2 hours.
Pale mahogany, greenish rim.
Nose rather dumb and fiery but hazelnuts and orange peel can be discerned.
On the palate herbs and and a big burst of clementine- like someone spritzing a segment of it across a glass of gin.
Long finish reminiscent of good quality orange marmalade on warm, unbuttered, sourdough toast [this may sound like a jeu d'esprit, but it was so marked I actually went and cross referenced [Frank Cooper's and Poilane] to confirm before posting. Very nice it was too.].
+50 hours
Perhaps a touch paler, light-affected mahogany.
Nose still remarkably dumb. A little hazelnut, and acetone, with deep inhalation.
The clementine element even more pronounced on the palate, and very pleasant. Not massively port-like but very drinkable.
Shorter but pleasant marmalade finish.
I should have drunk this up yesterday.
This is now very pleasant, but in no way exceptional wine. Bottled at 25 years old it is a world away from the 1934 house colheita bottled at 39 years old.
Consumed 7/6/2020-9/6/20.