Kopke Colheita Port 1957 (375ML)

97 DE / 95 WA / 95 WS / 95 WE

Platinum Medal 2021 Decanter World Wine Awards

25% Touriga Nacional, 25% Touriga Franca, 25% Tinta Barroca. Bracing, vital and firm, yet fully mature. Quince marmalade and Elvas plums, toffee apple, candied fruits, and spice with a high-toned and balsamic nose with demerara sugar. A complex, yet approachable and venerable wine. - Decanter

The 1957 Colheita Tawny Port was seen before, but it's worth revisiting in the USA, since it's a great wine. This is also the new 2015 bottling. It has 127 grams per liter of residual sugar. It is stunning how youthful this is. Lush and rich on opening, it has mature flavors that emerge, easily demonstrating the complexity and concentrated aromatics one expects. Gripping on the finish, this delivers fruit flavor and seems to linger indefinitely. When I first saw this, it was tasted next to even more brilliant Colheitas and a bit overshadowed. On its own, it is even more stunning. It was pretty fine next to some other greats here as well. Drink 2015 – 2060 -MS – The Wine Advocate

Baked pear, dried apricot and roasted apple flavors dominate in this mature yet fresh-tasting version. White pepper and lightly smoky notes show on the fresh finish. Rich and complex. Drink now. 200 cases imported. — KM – Wine Spectator

There is a great balance between acidity and impressively fresh fruit considering the age of this venerable Port. Of course there are many flavors from the wood aging, but they are combined with orange marmalade, fig and raisin flavors in a riot of complex flavors that have created a very great wine. It comes from a year that was not generally declared as a vintage. Roger Voss – Wine Enthusiast