| MW Wines Special Tasting - Seppelt 100 Year Old Para Liqueur Port (17/11/04) - colour like thick black soy sauce, a very tight rim with thick and viscous, coating the inside of the glass with a yellowish-brownish film. Nose: complex, smoky, lifted caramellised dried fruits and plum pudding. On the palate: To me, this wine was so concentrated, syrup-like and powerful that when it touches your tongue, the flavours literally explode from the wine, no doubt aided by the noticeably higher alcohol level. Like the thick dark soy that it looked like, this big, powerful, complex, blockbuster of a wine has a similar piquancy and smokiness, along with a whole lot of other flavours (that one could spend the whole night thinking up). Nearly, but not quite as brawny as the 1904, but with a higher degree of elan and complexity, especially in the texture. This is undoubtedly my pick for the wine of the night (a sentiment shared by the majority of the attendees of this superb wine tasting session. Thanks to Joe and Robert of MW wines for organising such a great event!). |
