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The 2016 Holiday Auction, Part I
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Estimate: $45
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"Dark opaque garnet with a slightly lighter ruby edge. Mocha, cherry berry and kirsch with some slight heat, due to being opened just prior to dinner. A lovely Vintage Port and a really well-made Dow. Unctuous from the very first sip and this would have improved dramatically with more time open. Nonetheless, it was showing great focus and concentrated flavors of blackberry preserves and cassis. Rich, mouthfilling, young and tannic at this stage, but nothing eight hours of decant time wouldn’t have rounded out. This has three more decades of delivering the goods. Long and dry aftertaste that’s showing plenty of grip. One of my favorite 1985 Vintage Ports."
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"Dark opaque garnet with a slightly lighter ruby edge. Mocha, cherry berry and kirsch with some slight heat, due to being opened just prior to dinner. A lovely Vintage Port and a really well-made Dow. Unctuous from the very first sip and this would have improved dramatically with more time open. Nonetheless, it was showing great focus and concentrated flavors of blackberry preserves and cassis. Rich, mouthfilling, young and tannic at this stage, but nothing eight hours of decant time wouldn’t have rounded out. This has three more decades of delivering the goods. Long and dry aftertaste that’s showing plenty of grip. One of my favorite 1985 Vintage Ports."
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Best known for fortified Port from the Douro Valley, Portugal also produces distinctive dry reds from native grapes such as Touriga Nacional. Its dramatic terraced vineyards and blending traditions give the wines a singular identity.
One of the world's oldest demarcated wine regions, famed for fortified Port and, increasingly, powerful dry reds. Its terraced schist vineyards and native grapes yield wines of concentration and character.
Covers powerful dry reds and fortified Port from native varieties grown on the valley's terraced schist slopes.
Portugal's finest red grape, giving deeply colored, floral and structured wines central to both Port and the Douro's dry reds.