Hi The cork of the Leoville was all wet with a deep purple color from top to bottom, but no seepage was evident on removing the capsule. We decanted about an hour in advance and found that the sediment was very fine, almost muddy. The wine color was amazingly youthful, no trace of brown, a bluish red with a slightly watery rim. We were also quite surprised to see that overall color was surprisingly light, not a very dense wine, this! Nose was weak and body light with soft tannins but there was good length and a little complexity. A nice little wine... Worth 300USD? No, absolutely not... (I paid about 14USD in 1983...)
The cork of the Graham was, like the Leoville, all wet and healthy. Decanting showed the normal heavy, crusty sediment of a vintage port. In glass the wine showed lots of legs and very dense color, an almost opaque bluish red with little sign of age. Nose a bit alcoholic, sweet, almond-like. Body very full, some well integrated tannins and very sweet with hints of ripe prunes, figs or dates and marzipan with some chocolate thrown in. A most pleasant port, fully drinkable now but also with a long life ahead, imho.
I have to guess the Leoville may have been corked and that both I and my wife are insensitive to that? I've got another bottle which I'll check up some time soon - this wine didn't seem to need more storage! Anders
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