For The Love Of Port

I confess that with the hockey references it feels a little bit like entering the locker room...But somebody has to do it.

Delaforce His Emminence’s Choice 10 Year Old Tawny [NV – No Vintage] For the first time ever in recollection I believe I can taste the brandy that was used to stop the fermentation process. I taste distinct notes of oak and that excessive alcohol burn that I only associated with the higher alcohol ...

Frederick, thanks for the explanation. I knew it shouldn't change--maybe it just faded to a less offensive level. I think you are right that it must have suffered some sort of damage. I will definitely pick up the Sandeman.

Tasted: Delaforce Curious and Ancient 20-yr-old Tawny, bottled 2006. On sale for $29.99 from $35.99 at the local Portuguese liquor store. How bad could it be? I thought. Well, as my father always said, you get what you pay for. This was a strange example of a tawny. I disliked it so much when first ...

Just to let you know that I am going to join in this tasting, with a Delaforce 20-yr-old that I bought for $29.99. I will be away for a bit so will not open until I return, middle of next week; will post in the tasting area then.

In answer to your question about how often I drink port: alas, not as often as I used to. Actually, I drink tawnies pretty regularly but it is vintage port that I love and that I drink only sporadically these days, primarily by the (very expensive) glass at restaurants or at friends' houses. In anot...

Thank you for this extra insight; I just may open the Warre's first, and will offer my comments on Tasting Notes when I do.

Thanks; it sounds as if all may not be lost (or may, but not for sure). On reading your comment about vibration: these have been moved, too. So I will open them this winter and let you know how they fared. My gut says the Fonseca will still be great... PS: I am actually in RI, but that state was not...

I found a few bottles of vintage port that I forgot I had; they are on their side in a box in a mud room. They have clearly not been held at optimal temperature. One is a 1963 Fonseca in a heavy lidded gift box; one a 1977 Dow, one a 1970 Warre, and one a 1994 Graham's. Any opintions on whether thes...