Domaine, Bouchard Pere et Fils

Domaine, Bouchard Pere et FilsNA

it delivers a good core of black fruit on the palate

Sexy mineral- and spice-laced black raspberry

and while their origins were clear in the glass

concluding with an elegantly precise finish

elegant and seamless of the two

Tasted twice

powerful and tautly muscular with excellent detail and subtle minerality on the spicy

Strong reduction knocks down the nose

Moderate reduction dominates the nose at present

it needs short-term cellaring but should be just about immortal in the cellar

Taylor's was and is always one of my benchmarks for what a Port should taste and smell like

but it also has the pedigree and beautiful inner structure for long cellar aging