Jeroen Koenen

9.5

Served this slightly chilled (12’C?).
Gorgeously fresh and pure dark fruit. Succulent, juicy, still primary….
Tannines and alcohol beautifully blended into the dense and viscous core. Only a slight hint of spice, chocolate and licorice now. Sweetness and freshness in excellent balance. It even feels more fresh than sweet at the moment. Certainly not too heavy nor intense.
This is so forward and yummy and sexy right now… I just don’t miss the complexity it might be lacking at this stage.
Sure, it has a few decades of life left and it could get more cerebral and complex…
But don’t bother. Drink it now! — 5 months ago

AHF

9.5

Moderately sweet, viscous and spirity. Balanced and firm, not cloying or sharp. Long finish. — 5 months ago

Brett Pinkin

9.4

Best 10 yr that has ever crossed my lips. — 6 months ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.5

Vintage 2009 | stewed fruit, caramel, more feminine than Niepoort — 9 months ago

Thomas Epps

9.4

My 2nd favorite 20 yr behind Grahams. Ramos Pinto is good as well, but seems to have to bottle to bottle variability issues…. Taylor is a great standby at a good price. — 5 years ago

with Jeannie

DAL 9000

9.1

Thick and dusty and dark cherry sweetness — 6 years ago

Mike Kim

9.3

strong raisin, punchy — 7 years ago

Doug Powers

9.4

[8 hour decant] This smells and (in particular) tastes like Dow’s, the drier style of classic Vintage Port, still shows lovely fruit and depth, just not as sweet as Fonseca or Graham’s, nor as structured as Taylor’s, longish finish, very, very sneaky fine!! — 5 months ago

with Jim

Dave Hoffman

9.1

Bottled in 2005 — 6 months ago

Jae Cho

9.0

My last dram after a month open. Pretty awesome and complex. The sweetness arrived after a week, and now it’s this marmalade, toffee, fruit cake melange. Alcohol is present but in a warming winter spiced wine kind of way. — 6 months ago

Liselotte Brouwers

9.2

Abi Duhr schonk deze port ter afsluiting van zijn proeverij bij Chateau Pauque. Hele fijne middag gehad! — 10 months ago

Jeff Orlowski

9.3

Lovely Tawny Port. Caramel, nutty, raisins. Just like I like it! Great value as well. — 5 years ago

with Michael and Joe

Nagib Nasr

9.0

Amazing Port to celebrate my brothers 50th birthday!!!! — 7 years ago

with Wissam

Jerry Raphael

9.2

Very enjoyable, with a lot going on. Loaded with blackberry and dark fruits, along with violet, licorice, spice, and floral notes. A nice long finish to round it out. This was a 375 ml bottle and cost $16.99 back in the day—hard to argue with that value.
I still have some older Vintage Ports resting in the cellar and will get to them in due time—no rush. NYE dinner at Anthony’s in HH was a great way to cap it off. — 5 months ago

Tobin Spratte

9.4

Bananas foster, Christmas fruitcake, with balanced gun smoke aromas. Much fruitier and more concentrated than the Warres. Fantastic. — 5 months ago

Ryan

9.4

Date, fig, apricot, almond, tobacco. Layer upon layer of flavor! Delicious! — 6 months ago

Diederick Swagemakers

9.3

Still very fresh — 8 months ago

Kim Tae Wan

9.2

Good cherry flavor. Good 2016 vintage, good Porto. — 3 years ago

Fraser McKinley

9.6

This was a delightful pair with the Ferreira having an extra level of complexity and grace. So perfectly matched with an frosty winters night - 1963 — 6 years ago

Nicholas Cothros

9.0

Toffee and maple aromas stand out in this Colheita. Flavours of biscuit and toasted pecan emerge thereafter. The finish is vaguely like vanilla. — 7 years ago