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The Wines of This Week's Tasting:

Ports After The Storm
January 28, 2026

 

Port Plus One

 

Tawny

 

Quinta do Infantado Tawny; Aroma: Light very dry nutty chewy light caramel toffee; Mouth: Medium sweet dry heady very balanced & integrated ; Very Good Plus $19.99; Case, $16.99

 

Pocas 10 Year Tawny ; Aroma: dried fruit, light wood note, raisiny; Mouth: full and rounded   a delicate complexity dried plum, ; Very Good Plus $29.95; Case, $25.95

 

Fonseca 20 year Tawny; Color: Light red brown; Aroma: Light clean  firm  full very structured; Mouth: Light  rounder sweeter fruit clean very intense  sweet lightlly full rich; ∫ˆ $75; Case, $63.75

 

Ruby

 

2012 Chapoutier Banyuls; Color: Very dark very dense purple; Aroma: Heady sweet soft very plummy rich; Mouth: Very sweet ripe acid clean spicy vinous pretty  sweet acid  long primary; Very Good Plus 500 ml bottle$36; Case, $30.6

 

Quinta do Infantado Ruby; Aroma: sweet and rich; Mouth: Medium sweet heady rounded and plummy; Very Good Plus $19.99; Case, $16.99

 

2019 Taylor LBV; Color: medium dark; Aroma: light reserved, clean,  pretty r, forward; Mouth: juicy very intense rather strong, fine acid, forward heady and rich; Very Good Plus $29.95; Case, $25.46

 

2017 Quinta do infantado Vintage  To be tasted for the first time  Full Bottle $72, case 62

.Half Bottle $35 Case $29.95

 

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