For The Love Of Port

Thank you,
I've just change the user name now.

And what about the wine that I questioned?

Hello, In the last week, a friend of mine offer me a bottle of 1912 Porto!It's an Real Companhia Vinicola Garrafeira 1912 I'd like to know if anyone have any informations about this wine. The cork seems to be in good conditions. Otherwise, I also have a bottle of Portugal Velho - Real Companhia Vini...

Obviously with 20%Vol and a dark color, absolutely black with some violet. In the nose, extremely young e with an enormous austerity, the first notes that appear are some chemical touchs (ink of China), some very cool mineral suggestions and a huge layer of black fruit, remembering blackberries. Wit...

If I was around, I'd be happy to share one with you then, but all of mine will be left for my daughter to enjoy in her lifetime. :lol: I give another information. This year, the Revista de Vinhos ( Wine Magazine of Portugal) tasted a group of Vintage's of 1994, and one of the winners was the Graham...

Thanks!
In this forum I think I just know João Rico and the Douro Lover Frederick Blais. When he went to Niepoort, I was there in a trip with João Rico, and we drank a couple of outrageous wines.

Regards,

Ruby color, even with a good density, with light reflected in the dark red ring. In the nose, closed and without willingness to show, very austere and honorable in itself, little by little shows a very aromatic complexity, with very ripe black fruit, dry grass, spices and a plant profile background ...

Hi, It's my first post here. I'm from Porto, Portugal. João Rico invite me to write here. I'll try in the future to translate my tasting notes of Port's and Douro Wines to put here inthe forum. My favorite Port's drank in 2007 are: Niepoort Vintage 2005 Sandeman 40 Years ( this one in the 1st of Jan...