Ramos Pinto Late Bottled Vintage Port, Portugal

威比特遲裝瓶年份波特酒

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The 1927 Late Bottled Vintage Port is a special curiosity, because it is the oldest certified LBV (certified after the fact, actually, because when it was made the laws did not have this category--but it fits the rules). There is nothing young about this any more, but it is still rather brilliant. It is on the lighter side, it is not showing a lot of depth, but it isn't decayed or charred, either. It's certainly not cracking up. It leans a bit to a tawny character now, light in color, showing caramel and nutty flavors. Bright and vivacious, it delivers the fruit to the palate and it lingers. This is a wine that is hard to score because it is virtually sui generis. It is what it is. I liked it a lot. Take this as a guideline. It may still have plenty of life left, too. At this point, when it is already a couple of decades well past the point where many might assume it is dead, who knows? Take the drinking window, too, as a guideline. Note: This was the oldest wine in a seminar I did recently. I usually will not review wines from that type of event, but I got a good taste, had plenty of time and this is certainly something special that is well worth a mention. And the "traditional LBV" category is near and dear to my heart--simply the best value in Port.