The 2011 Kopke has a bashful bouquet compared to its peers, demanding coaxing from the glass and reluctantly revealing pinched scents of damson, boysenberry jam and a soupcon of creme de cassis. The palate is certainly plush and sensual with lush blueberry and bilberry notes. This constitutes a more approachable vintage Port 2011 with a sweet, fleshy, corpulent finish. Fine. Tasted May 2013.

Dry, firm, structured, its juiciness as much acidity as fruit. The wine is dense, still fresh, but definitely for the long haul.——R.V.(12/15/2009)—— 90