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I Drank a 158 YEAR OLD WINE! – Incredible or Disgusting?

Tasting 158-year-old Ferreira Port Wine in Porto, Portugal. Was it incredible or disgusting?

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In the Port episode of V is for Vino wine show, we tasted this 1863 Vintage Ferreira Port. This is a very old vintage Port wine; 158-years-old at the time a tried it in 2021. This was before blue jeans were invented, and while the US was at Civil War. Port wine can age this long because of it’s high alcohol, tannin, sugar, and acid levels. The 1863 vintage is known as a very good one in the Douro Valley, and it was also one of the last vintages that was made with vines pre-phylloxera. There are a few other Port houses other than Ferreira, including Taylor, that have 1863 vintages of their Port that are able to be found. This is a Ruby Port, and was likely aged only a few years in large oak barrels before being transferred to its bottle, where it aged the rest of the time. The cork in this bottle of wine was changed every 20-30 years so it would stay sound and not deteriorate. When you open a very old Port wine like this, you need to decant it, as there will be a lot of sediment in the bottle. This wine experience was very special, and something that only few people in the world get to do. I’m grateful and honored to try this wine, and share the experience with you!

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00:00 Introduction
01:49 Drinking the 1863 Port
05:31 Vince’s Commentary Begins
05:49 How much does this cost?
07:18 The Bottle Shape
08:48 Opening The Wine
09:45 Why It Can Age
10:50 About the Filming
11:54 Final Thoughts
15:47 Outro + Vino VIP

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