NV Graham Finest Reserve

[jdaw1]

Mystery port, being drunk as an annexe to the Wokingham emergency.

Red-red-orange, 30% opaque. Colour slightly tawny. Nose like taste: light weight, Mid-sweetness, smooth, very drinkable. Perhaps a faint hint of orange. Also sweet grape. No red fruit at all: no berries, no plums. SCP-DFF thought it hot, but for me pleasantly so, at the edge of the tongue.

[DRT]

Borges 1963?

[jdaw1]

Borges 1963?

Oh no, That was far whiter, very very sweet, and not this at all.

[DRT]

As Rolf Harris often asks: can you tell what it is yet?

[jdaw1]

W. & J. Graham’s Port, Finest Reserve.

[DRT]

That's almost exactly the same as drinking Quinta do Noval 1955 and Graham's 1963.

[Alex Bridgeman]

Was that your "Unknown Shipper" or your "Peculiar Friend"?

[jdaw1]

Both colour and taste show some wood ageing, which isn’t my taste. But it is well-made port that is a pleasure to drink. I’m impressed.

€12ish from Monoprix.

[DRT]

Does the back label read anything like the Graham's Reserve I had three years ago?

[jdaw1]

Graham’s is owned by the Symington family, Port producers for over 100 years and through 4 generations, and whose ancestor made one of the first shipments of Port in 1652, more than three centuries ago. Seven members of the family manage all aspects of the winemaking from the vineyards to bottling.

Graham's est la propriété de la famille Symington, producteurs de Porto depuis plus de 100 ans à travers 4 générations, dont l'ancêtre effectua l'une des premières expéditions de Porto en 1652, il y a plus de trois siècles. Sept membres de la famille gèrent tous les aspects de la fabrication du vin, des vignobles a la mise en bouteille.

A Graham's é detida pela família Symington, produtores de Vinho do Porto há mais de 100 anos e ao longo de 4 gerações, cujos antepassados foram dos primeiros exportadores de Vinho de Porto, em 1652, há mais de três séculos. Sete membros da família gerem todos os aspectos da vinificação, das vinhas até ao engarrafamento.

Yes, curly-quote in English; straight in French and Portuguese.

[jdaw1]

Back label, text as in previous post.