Wine Advocate # 143
Oct 2002 |
Robert Parker |
91 |
Drink 2002 - 2022 |
$29 |
| The 1999 Vintage Declared
Shiraz Port is a shockingly good offering. This fortified red
was bottled one year after aging in tank. It possesses notes of
violets and acacia flowers, an unctuous texture, and
extraordinarily thick, intense, juicy, blackberry fruit flavors
intermixed with licorice liqueur-like notes. One never really
knows how stunning a wine such as this can be unless it is put
in a blind tasting against some of the great vintage ports.
D'Arenberg's impressive 1999 was both extraordinarily elegant
and generous. Whether or not it has the aging potential of a
great vintage port remains to be seen, but certainly this
fortified Shiraz should last for 15-20 years. |
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