10 Year Old White Port by Andresen (bottled 2008)
Sunday night Alex R. double blinded Cris and I with this one. Cris is learning Port quite well since he correctly guessed this was some kind of White Port. Lots of honey and citrus dominate the nose yet the underlying candied pecans give this very attractive aromas. Full bodied palate with some smokiness, cracked white pepper, and orange peel dominating the palate. There is a touch of heat to this, but in a good way, and lots of acidity that keeps it from being to syrupy. The only detractor to this very nice aged White Port was a short finish, which I had to dock several points as a results. Even with the short finish, this is still one of the better 10 Year Old White Ports I’ve had to date.
88 points