2011 Quinta do Vesuvio Capela

[jdaw1]

An early horizontal of 2011s was held on Thursday 23^rd April 2026, at Boot & Flogger, as arranged by Christopher.

Links:

• Review of the evening as a whole;
• Tasting notes:
  • 2011 Quinta do Vale Meão;
  • 2011 Quarles Harris;
  • 2011 Capela do Vesúvio;
  • 2011 Graham Stone Terraces;
  • 2011 Vesuvio;
  • 2011 Graham;
  • 2011 Fonseca;
  • 2011 Taylor;
  • 2011 Quinta do Noval;
  • 2011 Niepoort Bioma;
• Placemats
• Planning and arrangements.

[winesecretary]

Positively butch, and a bit sinewy, on the palate. Not right. Corked? More air revealed - yes, corked.

[akzy]

Corked nose. Didn't taste great either. Much left in glasses at the end.

[CPR 1]

Disappointing to hear this, the bottle at the Vesuvio tasting we held in Feb 24 was also corked (but from different source). I hope this is not a trend.

[winesecretary]

So, assuming the bottle that Alex noted in 2013 to have been a sample with a different cork, the (statistically invalid) ratio of corked bottles appears a bit disturbing. I am willing to contribute to the cost of purchasing another bottle from a different cellar to those tasted so far, to see if we are three consecutive times unlucky.

[Glenn E.]

I opened a 2011 Capela in July of 2025 and it was not corked. It was out-classed by the regular 2011 Vesuvio opened with it, though. My scores were 93+ and 95 respectively.

This was for Port Club, so there were plenty of people present who could have detected TCA had it been a bad bottle.