2005 Osborne LBV

[jdaw1]

Links:

• Review of evening as a whole;
• 1970 Martinez;
• 1980 Graham;
• 1982 Croft;
• 1990 Warre Cavadinha;
• 1991 Fonseca Guimaraens;
• 1991 Quinta do Noval;
• 1991 Quinta de Roriz;
• 1991 Smith Woodhouse;
• 2003 Colmaça;
• 2003 Vale Dona Maria;
• 2005 Osborne LBV;
• NV Dow’s Icon Reserve;
• Planning and arrangements;
• Placemats.

[Alex Bridgeman]

Bottled filtered in 2010. Deep red, 95% opaque and looking youthful. Gentle perfumed violets on the nose; some blackcurrants, some black pepper. Gentle tannins hidden inside a fruity core with the dry blackcurrants dominating. A long aftertaste of dark chocolate. A little youthful, but not unpleasant. Guessed to be Fonseca Bin 27. 80/100.

[JacobH]

This is the second-half of a bottle I had opened a week before and panned. The second-half had been decanted into a half-bottle, filled to the brim, corked and then kept in the fridge until about 6 hours before this tasting.

On revisiting the second half of the bottle after a week in the fridge: completely different. Much more balanced. Less astringent. Very nice.