Stanton and Killeen Vintage Port 19%
Rutherglen

Served blind. Medium ruby colour with clean spirit; blueberry, red liquorice, roses, sweet cherry liqueur, camphor and spices. Very concentrated, fresh VP style with integrated tannins – but with different tannins than Portugal, and a little sweeter. Setting origin aside, a marvellous wine, with some light chocolate vanilla crème, and plum adding to the intrigue. Australian – probably Stanton and Killeen – 2005? was my conclusion.

Unveiled, it proved older than anticipated, and clearly on a monster plateau. I last wrote about this wine in 2018, and I was delighted to taste it again. (60% Shiraz, 25% Touriga, 5% each of tinta cao, tinta barocca and Durif). The back-label had a litany of its well-deserved wine show successes. A piece of history, and a great success in provoking memories plus providing enormous drinking satisfaction.

Drink to 2035 or longer- 96 points