Description
WINEMAKER’S NOTES:
Ranked #4 of Spectator’s Top 100 Wines of 1998
TASTING NOTES:
This shows figs, salted chocolate and prunes with a subtle, pleasant, herbal note. Full and unctuous but not overwhelming, it has silky, enveloping tannins and a long, delicate finish. It will continue to age gracefully for a long, long time.
– James Suckling, 95 pts.
A ripe and rich ’95 boasting a remarkable essence of crushed berries, this is classic Port. It’s full-bodied and quite sweet, with the velvetiest of tannins and a long, long ripe fruit finish. Cellar Selection
– Wine Spectator, 95 pts.
Despite the shadow of the widely declared 1994s, this was a well-received release from a year dominated by a searingly hot August, bringing harvest dates forward. Nearly three decades on, it merits time in the glass to allow the full panoply of flavours to reveal themselves: stewed blue fruit, sweeter red fruit with lots of spice and still a remarkably perfumed, ethereal character for all its power and concentration.
– Decanter, 92 pts.
