I had seen this Toro Albala Don PX 1962 in last year's Wine Fair and bought a bottle. This year they opened a bottle for tasting so that was a chance not to be missed. I had met these old fortified PX stickies before, but not one quite as old as this. They also showed me older ones, including one from the 1940s which got rated RP100, but those were out of my budget.
Back to this wine, it was a very dark tea coloured, liked overstewed Pu-erh tea and quite opaque. The nose was that of an old sweet wine, smoky with plenty of dried vine fruits. The palate was sweet with vine fruits and a rich pruney note, well supported by a raisiny acid backbone.
(PS The photo is from the later 2015 tasting)
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