Blackstone Winery NV Port, California, 19.2% a.b.v.
Tastes like port and that's what is amazing to me. I bought and opened this bottle about two years ago. There was about 1/5 of a bottle left so I stuck it in my wine rack in the infamous central closet with a cork stopper in it, the one which came with the bottle. Well, I bought me a bottle of 10 year-old Quarles Harris Tawny Port at TJ's ($14.99), opened it, had a little party for two,* and was once again left with about 1/5 of a bottle. I figured it was time for the Blackstone and its thick layer of dust to go and be replaced by the newly opened bottle. Tightwad that I am, I tried it before dumping. Delicious. It had thrown some sediment, but still had a bright ruby color edging over to amber and a sweetly nutty taste. That last 1/5 of a bottle now resides within your humble reporter. To be sure, I was quite surprised that an inexpensive California pseudo-port could live so long open in a closet. Maybe I have a magic closet?
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*With the Tawny Port we had strawberries, smoked Dutch Gouda, double cream California brie, and some lovely, thinnest of thin sesame seed wafers. You really should have been there!