The 1982 Sandeman Vintage Porto has a disjointed bouquet that lacks real fruit intensity: singed leather, licorice and a touch of peppermint. The palate is actually more concentrated than the nose suggests and is nicely balanced: dried fig, dates and raisin with cloves emerging toward the slightly tapered finish. This 1982, an outre declaration, is missing presence and feels faded by time. Drink now.