| MW Wines Special Tasting - Seppelt 100 Year Old Para Liqueur Port (17/11/04) - black coffee, and a noticeably looser rim with greenish-tinge, viscous, coating the inside of the glass with a brownish film. Nose: complex, more oaky/woody and with a hint of oxidation (ala madeira). On the palate: noticeably lighter than the 1894, 1899 and 1904. Concentrated prunes, raisins and dark chocolates, finishing woody and cedary. Again, it is hard to describe the sensations, there are no "good" or "less good" wine. Each vintage is a unique sculpture of the flavour profile, texture, acid-sweetness balance and other indicators that I am ill-equipped to fully discern. Even when I write that it is a lighter style (compared to the others), it is still a massively concentrated, intensely flavour, and hugely textured wine on its own. |
