Graham's, Vintage Port, 2011

Grahams 2011 fills the glass with floral, slatey and pungent dry mineral notes, alongside slightly reserved yet highly complex dark chocolate and cherry red fruit flavours. Of the 1454 pipes produced by the five Quintas that make up the Grahams blend only 131 make the final cut. This is severe selection of the highest order! The Symingtons are doing everything they can to make wines with more supple, managed tannins now and this shows thorugh in the 2011. Vibrant and graceful yet full of power, with lithe tannins, sweet mulberry fruit, redcurrant, chocolate and floral notes through a long and haunting finish. A superb Grahams.