JacobH wrote: ↑21:33 Sun 06 Dec 2020 Bargain 40-year-old tawny Port: £35 from Aldi. Quite consistently brown, fading a touch to the edge. Quite muted nose. Distant caramel. Also, maybe, some coffee. Perhaps something tropical too? Initial tasting is quite sweet with a very large amount of acidity. Minimal fruits, perhaps even a bit spirity. But this soon passes as the aftertaste is long with oranges, caramel and perhaps even some caramalised nuts. Just what you would expect from a 40-year-old. At half the price of the next cheapest, this is extremely good value. Would be really interesting to try this blind against some 20-year-olds which are in the same price point!
Date: 6th December 2020
Rated*: P+
http://www.jacob-head.com/port/records/ ... -Old-Tawny
* A Note on Ratings
My rating system attempts to answer the question “is this a good Port?” one of three ways: N—No; P—Possibly; or C—Certainly. Ports generally are rated against others of their category. Therefore, a Ruby Port which I rate as C for Certainly good, might not be as good as a Vintage Port which receives the same rating. I sometimes modify my rating with a plus or minus indicating that the Port is better or worse than might be expected for this category.
I opened a second bottle of this tonight because I was annoyed at how much space the decanter-shaped bottle was taking in my wine fridge!
The colour is as before: consistently brown, fading towards the edge. The nose is less muted than a year ago and feels more assertive to me with some orange or even lemon. The mouth continues to be quite acidic on initial entry, although I feel there is less of a hit of sugar. After this quickly passes, the long aftertaste remains as before.
It’s interesting to come back to this wine. It still remains extremely good value for what it is. But, yet, I am not sure whether I would rush out to Aldi to buy some more. I suppose I just find the acidity too much; too assertive.
