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- Wed Jun 20, 2018 11:11 am
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Two purchases with question marks
- Replies: 6
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Re: Two purchases with question marks
Before Romaira changed hands and became ''the sister'' of Noval, they were producing some really good and unique colheita. I had a 1970 bottled in 1984 not too long ago that I really liked. What year is the LBV? Sorry, M.Frederick, it was the 1988. The Romaneira 1967 was bottled in 1995, um, at abo...
- Wed Jun 20, 2018 7:58 am
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Two purchases with question marks
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1055
Two purchases with question marks
Port friends: I got some 'mixed'auction-style purchasing delivered today. Some less-familiar are a a bottle of Colhieta 1967 Quinta da Romaneira Porto, and a half of Delaforce LBV 1988 , that I think did come into the Michigan market, and for which CellarTracker has a monograph stating 'unfiltered'....
- Fri Jun 08, 2018 5:53 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Show the Bones: TN: 2011 Marcel Deiss Altenberg de Bergheim (France, Alsace, Alsace Grand Cru
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Show the Bones: TN: 2011 Marcel Deiss Altenberg de Bergheim (France, Alsace, Alsace Grand Cru
With Coravin (cork finished), Riedel Riesling, and Le Taster. 2011 Marcel Deiss Altenberg de Bergheim (France, Alsace, Alsace Grand Cru), remembering the fight that this most genuine of Alsatian winemakers had to put up when a modern-style 'grand cru' system was installed. This incredible series of ...
- Tue May 22, 2018 6:34 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: TN for Birth Year Wine: 1946 Toro Albala Don PX (Pedro Ximenes) Convento Selección
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TN for Birth Year Wine: 1946 Toro Albala Don PX (Pedro Ximenes) Convento Selección
1946 Bodegas Toro Albala Don PX (Pedro Ximenes) Convento Selección (Spain, Andalucía, Montilla-Moriles); $245/750 ml @ Benchmark Wines. When a bottle purchased for the 71st birthday of my wife Jackie, I note that the abv is now 17 percent, and that it was bottled not in 2011 but in May 2017 (about a...
- Mon May 21, 2018 3:41 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Rutherglen Liquor Muscats
- Replies: 10
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Re: Rutherglen Liquor Muscats
Another sherry muscat is the Valdespino 'Toneles' vineyard, that I've greatly enjoyed, and have been sipping from a recorked bottle for months (sadly, only had a t-cork, not a standard cork or a screwcap, so my Coravin is useless. Haven't tasted many Rutherford sweeties; however, I hear the Calliope...
- Mon May 14, 2018 7:34 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: TN: BA, van Volxem Riesling Scharzhofberger, 2010: All in a glass
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TN: BA, van Volxem Riesling Scharzhofberger, 2010: All in a glass
Van Volxem-Roman Niewodniczansky Scharzhofberger Riesling Beerenauslese 2010 (Saar), Wiltingen, AP 354 7222 25 11; $90/375 ml, WineBid; 7.5 pabv. Cork-finished. Via Coravin/le Taster. A rarity--I think I've seen two vintages of this in the last 18 years. One of Roman's unusual dessert wines, another...
- Sat Apr 07, 2018 10:33 am
- Forum: Madeira Forum
- Topic: TN: Blandy's 10 Year old Bual Madeira
- Replies: 1
- Views: 939
Re: TN: Blandy's 10 Year old Bual Madeira
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- Sat Mar 24, 2018 6:30 pm
- Forum: Madeira Forum
- Topic: TN; Broadbent Madeira Sercial 10 Years Old
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1810
Re: TN; Broadbent Madeira Sercial 10 Years Old
Hi John, Was the T-cork 'branded'? Typically, my Broadbent's have had a Justino T-cork. I'm still trying to figure out whether they are 'special bottlings' or just labelled Broadbent for the North American market. Don't know what a T-Branded cork is, Alan. There seems to be no branding on the T-cor...
- Sat Mar 24, 2018 6:15 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Recent impressions? ‘70 Fonseca VP Whitwham’s; 1985 Taylor VP; 2003 Warre LBVP
- Replies: 5
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Re: Recent impressions? ‘70 Fonseca VP Whitwham’s; 1985 Taylor VP; 2003 Warre LBVP
I had the Taylor's 85 during Christmas time. Fine elegant wine, great complexity, still red berries showing, floral. At prime but no sign of declining. A light Taylor's but really enjoyable. Thanks, M. Blais. This was rated 90 points on release by WA because on muddiness of flavor,and seemed to set...
- Sat Mar 24, 2018 9:18 am
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Recent impressions? ‘70 Fonseca VP Whitwham’s; 1985 Taylor VP; 2003 Warre LBVP
- Replies: 5
- Views: 838
Recent impressions? ‘70 Fonseca VP Whitwham’s; 1985 Taylor VP; 2003 Warre LBVP
Time for the piano tuner’s tipple. Any recent impressions?
- Sat Mar 24, 2018 9:10 am
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: What have you opened this week?
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Re: What have you opened this week?
Broadbent Sercial 10 yr; 09 Constance; 11 Hugel Grossi Laui Pinot Gris; Castarede Armagnac XO. To be announced: 1970 Fonseca VP Whitwham’s; 1985 Taylor VP; 2003 Warre LBVP; ‘15 MF Richter Spaetlese Brauneberger Juffer Sonnenuhr, the last 5 for Gene the piano tuner (it’s that time again!)
- Fri Mar 23, 2018 5:34 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Re: More Serra de Estrela Cheese (Portugal)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1078
Re: More Serra de Estrela Cheese (Portugal)
Did this go bang with Broadbent’s 10 y/o SERCIAL, ESPECIALLY DILUTED 1:1 with water. Also we took a whole wheel, reserving thE cloth and leaving it bound around the outside, removing an end, removing sufficient soft cheese to allow packing the cavity with roasted various root vegetables, replacing t...
- Fri Mar 23, 2018 5:10 pm
- Forum: Madeira Forum
- Topic: TN; Broadbent Madeira Sercial 10 Years Old
- Replies: 4
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TN; Broadbent Madeira Sercial 10 Years Old
Strange how little the often-brilliant, versatile and subtle but powerful Sercial can be Broadbent Madeira Sercial, 10 years old. Broadbent Selections; Sonoma; CA. Saratoga, Wines, $39.95/750 ml; Justino’s Madeira Wines S.A., Santa Cruz, 19 PABV. T-cork. Clear bright amber with almost imperceptible ...
- Sun Mar 18, 2018 1:25 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: 2009 Klein Constantia Vin de Constance Natural Sweet Wine of South Africa
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2009 Klein Constantia Vin de Constance Natural Sweet Wine of South Africa
Previously posted in a discussion about Valdespino Toneles old Moscato 3/17/2018 rated 93 points: At 14 percent alcohol for the 2009 version of the Vin de Constance, unlikely it's fortified. If you look at the data sheet present on the producer website http://www.kleinconstantia.com/our-wines/vin-de...
- Sat Mar 17, 2018 8:12 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: 100 point Moscatel?--Valdespino Sherry Toneles
- Replies: 6
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Re: 100 point Moscatel?--Valdespino Sherry Toneles
I've seen more than one critical score, including RPs, that were at 100 points. Of course my prejudice is that there isn't any such thing as a perfect wine (if there were, I'd have to never drink another bottle, having satisfied my ultimate quest, which hasn't happened yet!) So this is a chance to ...
- Sat Mar 17, 2018 7:45 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: 100 point Moscatel?--Valdespino Sherry Toneles
- Replies: 6
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Re: 100 point Moscatel?--Valdespino Sherry Toneles
At 14 percent alcohol for the 2009 version of the Vin de Constance, unlikely it's fortified; however, it's wood-aged in various oaks and acacia. If you look at the data sheet present on the producer website http://www.kleinconstantia.com/our-wines/vin-de-constance/2009 , there is lots of talk about ...
- Fri Mar 16, 2018 3:18 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: What is the shelf life for Commandaria?
- Replies: 6
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Re: What is the shelf life for Commandaria?
Is this fortified? I see different versions. If you look at the blurb on CellarTracker for Commandaria, the description of the making of the wine, it says that (it seems that) it is generally fortified. The alcohol levels that I've seen over the years have not been far from 15-16 percent, but to ac...
- Fri Mar 16, 2018 3:06 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: 100 point Moscatel?--Valdespino Sherry Toneles
- Replies: 6
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Re: 100 point Muscatel?--Valdespino Sherry Toneles
Thanks, Eric. I agree that the best Moscatos in the world are made on the peninsula of Setubal, with rare exceptions (perhaps old Madiera). (I've got a Groot Constantia '09 that I'm going to try with the dregs of this Toneles). Maybe there are still some Tsar-era Massandras from the Crimea, of which...
- Fri Mar 16, 2018 10:46 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: 100 point Moscatel?--Valdespino Sherry Toneles
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1658
100 point Moscatel?--Valdespino Sherry Toneles
I've seen more than one critical score, including RPs, that were at 100 points. Of course my prejudice is that there isn't any such thing as a perfect wine (if there were, I'd have to never drink another bottle, having satisfied my ultimate quest, which hasn't happened yet!) So this is a chance to s...
- Wed Feb 21, 2018 3:56 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Re: More Serra de Estrela Cheese (Portugal)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1078
Re: More Serra de Estrela Cheese (Portugal)
Folks, this is really turning out to be educational. I haven't heard from the supplier mentioned but will call them right now.
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