2007 Vargellas Vinha Velha

The 2007 Quinta de Vargellas Vinha Velha Vintage Port is a typical field blend aged in used French oak vats. It comes in with 101 grams per liter of residual sugar. The most aromatic in the vertical, this is laced with eucalyptus and cistus nuances. This is the point in the vertical where the wine really is just too young and too tight to enjoy to its fullest. The fruit is pretty spectacular, though, even as it retains its mid-palate finesse. This and the 2000 may have to duke it out for the title of "Sexiest Port in the Vertical." But that's not all. It adds firmness to the great fruit and aromatics. This could use another few years, not that it is wholly unapproachable. This is a good candidate for the best of the vertical, but the 2000 benefits from being more complete, mature and sensational for the moment. Still improving, this may fill that role as well one day.