{"id":7151,"date":"2013-04-22T22:50:34","date_gmt":"2013-04-22T22:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/?p=7151"},"modified":"2013-04-22T22:51:33","modified_gmt":"2013-04-22T22:51:33","slug":"a-first-glimpse-of-2011-vintage-ports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/portugal\/a-first-glimpse-of-2011-vintage-ports","title":{"rendered":"A first glimpse of 2011 Vintage Ports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/P1010216-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7157\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/P1010216-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/P1010216-001.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/P1010216-001-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/P1010216-001-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/P1010216-001-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So tonight was spent getting acquantied with the hotly anticipated vintage Ports from 2011, which has just been pretty universally declared.<\/p>\n<p>First up, Sandeman, owned by Sogrape, who were showing their wines at The Don, in the City of London.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/P1010214-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7156\" title=\"luis sottomayor\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/P1010214-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/P1010214-001.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/P1010214-001-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/P1010214-001-150x110.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/P1010214-001-400x293.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Luis Sottomayor (<em>above<\/em>) of Sogrape describes 2011 as a typical, classic vintage. &#8216;It&#8217;s not an elegant, harmonious wine, but more a robust, strong wine with great colour and strong tannins,&#8217; he says. But because of modern winemaking, it&#8217;s possible to drink it early. &#8216;Technology now in wineries is much better than it was 15 years ago,&#8217; says Sottomayor.<\/p>\n<p>According to Sottomayor, the different varieties make the following contributions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tinto Cao: good acidity, necessary to balance sweetness<\/li>\n<li>Touriga Nacional: elegance, harmony<\/li>\n<li>Touriga Franca: structure<\/li>\n<li>Sous\u00e3o: colour and structure<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sandeman&#8217;s style is classic vintage, not trying to be robust. Total quantity is 15 000 bottles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sandemans Vintage Port 2011<\/strong><br \/>\nRich, ripe and dense with the key theme being sweet, ripe, vibrant blackberry and black cherry fruit, showing a silky texture and some\u00a0 lushness of fruit. Approachable young, because of its beautifully pure, silky fruit, but also with some grippy structure. Superb balance. 94\/100<\/p>\n<p>We also tried the 1955 vintage, the last to be bottled at St Swithin&#8217;s lane. It was from Tregnum, an unusual bottle size, consisting of three standard 75 cl bottles.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/P1010219-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7159\" title=\"sandemans 1955\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/P1010219-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/P1010219-001.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/P1010219-001-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/P1010219-001-150x103.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/P1010219-001-400x276.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sandeman Vintage Port 1955<\/strong><br \/>\nPale in colour.Sweet, warm and smoothly aromatic with a hint of mint. Supple, smooth elegant palate withwarm, mellow flavours of spice and mint as well as fudge and raisin. This is really compelling. 95\/100<\/p>\n<p>According to George Sandeman, these 1955s differ quite a bt depending on who bottled them. He reckons this particular bottle is pretty good, although he does acknowledge that it may not have been kept in perfect condition through its life.<\/p>\n<p>Then it was of to Chandos House to try the Symingtons&#8217; broad offering of Vintage Ports&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So tonight was spent getting acquantied with the hotly anticipated vintage Ports from 2011, which has just been pretty universally declared. 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