You're quite right, of course: Pindar's Cabernet Port does taste different, and it's quite heavy. My staple is Dow's tawny. My favorite vintage is 1977, opened only when I know we'll kill the bottle.
Cheers! : )
I have one bottle of 1977 Taylor Fladgate VP. It's sitting in the bottom of my wine cooler waiting for an appropriate occasion . . .