... well, not for fighting, that's for sure.
The cooler weather has made us think of robust and roasted meals and 'warmer' drinks. To this end I fossicked in the cellar and brought out a half bottle of Warre's 1983 vintage port.
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| The label slipped a bit after washing the bottle |
Thankfully the state of the label wasn't an indication of the state of the wine in the bottle. The cork was intact and extracted safely. I decanted the wine which we will have this evening (roasted potatoes and pumpkin with a broccoli and cauliflower cheese bake is dinner).
As an afternoon starter we've been drinking a bottle of Veuve Cliquot NV Champagne. You know what it looks like so I won't post a picture - orange label remember. The Champagne is fresh and lovely. We love this brand.
I've left the port to 'breathe' in a decanter - not 'gasp' as you might think with it being 41 years old and we will drink it after dinner. We had a tasting glass though and were astounded. The colour is tawny but still has reddish hues. The nose has sultanas and vanilla with no nuttiness. It is still very much alive and well. The wine is silky smooth to taste and is rich, round and sweet which suggests that the fruit is still outbalancing the alcohol or, as you'd expect, the alcohol volume has dropped with the age.
I'm happy to say that I still have a couple of half bottles left of this wine but I imagine that we will have drunk them before spring.
2 comments:
Richard smiles and thinks of angles. No, that is not a spelling mistake, angles are everywhere.
Richard (of RBB)
No doubt Richard was impressed, nay, titillated by the image of the label slipping off the bottle of Warre's 1983 port. He likes his bottles naked after all.
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