Can I drink a 40 year old Port
Younger wines Older wines, more than 40 years, tend to be more fragile and are likely to lose their freshness and complexity after a relatively short period of time so they should be enjoyed upon opening. A simple guideline: Open and decant vintages less than 40 years old two to three hours before drinking.
Can you drink a 50 year old Port
Beyond 40 or 50 years, again the comparison can be made with people – the best will age gracefully. Ports will gain complexity, elegance and delicacy. The flavours will not change or concentrate so much as lengthen – very often the finish on a really fine old port is just incredibly persistent.
Is Port better with age
Most vintage ports are best cellared for at least two decades and often come into their own after about 30 or 40 years. They're not to be confused with "late-bottled vintage," a fresh-tasting style that carries a year but which is filtered or otherwise clarified before bottling and tends to cost less than $25.
Does Port mature with age
Its remarkable ageing potential and the fact that it is fortified mean that Port will continue to improve in cask, vat or bottle for much longer than most other wines. The choice of ageing period and ageing vessel will determine what the Port tastes like.
How long does 40 year old Port last
Older ones (30 – 40 years of age) are best consumed within 3-4 days. Aged Tawny Port – (Oak Aged Styles: 10 – 40 years old): These can last up to two months after being open without any obvious deterioration of quality, if kept in a cool-dark place.
Can you drink 30 year old Port
Long lasting vintage ports are made to age. Particularly fine vintage ports will continue to gain complexity and drink well for many decades after they were bottled.
Is 20 year old Port OK to drink
For the more experience drinkers, there is always an argument to choose between a younger or an older aged tawny but according to the wine experts the perfect ageing for a tawny is the 20 years old blends. It's not too young or too old and the wine batches used for this wines have already achieved the perfection.
Is 40 year old Port really 40 years old
The 40 Year Old Tawny is a blend of wines, selected from these stocks, that have been aged for an average of 40 years. This sublime Porto of very great age and rarity shows the old olive-gold hue of its many years in cask. Decades of evaporation have concentrated this wine to an exceptional density.
Can you drink 25 year old Port
There is no wrong or right about this but of course there also comes a time for a wine when it becomes too old so don't wait too long if you are uncertain. A rule of thumb can however be to drink a Vintage port at about 15 to 25 years old. Some keeps longer some matures faster.
