For The Love Of Port

Am visiting family in Hong Kong and opened a 2017 Taylor LBV I was able to find here. It's super duper solid. Smooth and impressive. And held up very well for a full week, only half of which was in the fridge which I assume bodes well for it's longevity. Definitely will be keep an eye out for more ...

Heh, when I went looking for a declaration today, I found this on the Fladgate Partnership website: Over time, The Fladgate Partnership has brought together four of the main Port houses. Taylor’s, founded in 1692, was joined by Fonseca and Croft. Math is hard. Hahaha. Maybe they just didn’t want to...

Heh, when I went looking for a declaration today, I found this on the Fladgate Partnership website:

Over time, The Fladgate Partnership has brought together four of the main Port houses. Taylor’s, founded in 1692, was joined by Fonseca and Croft.

Math is hard.

DR 30 Year Old Tawny Port

It will be interesting to see if the blend for this changes significantly now that DR is no longer making a 40 (they're skipping straight from 30 to 50).

Andy Velebil wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 7:30 am I've come to the conclusion that, with some exceptions, most single varietal wines from the Douro don't make great old wines. Then again, that probably applies to most wine regions of the world as well.

So you're saying that I should be opening these '05 Crasto TNs that I have?

NV Sandeman Apitiv Reserve White Port 1964 Krohn Colheita Branco 1981 Kopke Colheita 1983 Graham Vintage Port NV DR 40 Year Old Tawny Port Opened these (along with a Quinta Vale Dona Maria Reserve Ruby and a Fonseca Bin 27 Reserve Ruby that Stewart provided) for a tasting that I donated to a charit...

NV Sandeman Apitiv Reserve White Port 1964 Krohn Colheita Branco 1981 Kopke Colheita 1983 Graham Vintage Port NV DR 40 Year Old Tawny Port Opened these (along with a Quinta Vale Dona Maria Reserve Ruby and a Fonseca Bin 27 Reserve Ruby that Stewart provided) for a tasting that I donated to a charity...

30 is the new 20 when it comes to minimum opening years for modern top tier VP's. That's been my rule of thumb pretty much since I started drinking Port. I always thought that the horizontals we've done at 20 years old were much too soon... virtually all of the VPs are still too young at that age, ...

2008 DR White Colheita. I'm starting to run low out of the 2 cases of this that I purchased. Yes, it's that good, and pretty astounding QPR.

1991 Andresen Colheita How was it? I really like their Colheitas. Really good. I opened this to go with dessert at the end of an Easter dinner, and didn't take notes. Roughly I'd say it wasn't as good as S.Leonardo 40 (just had one of those, which of course costs more too), but lived up to my expec...

I am unable to fully comprehend what is meant by stylistic certification for example, a madeira labelled Velho is a madeira in conformity with the standard of 5 years old Does this mean that none of the wines in the blend may actually be 5 years old but that the organoleptic qualities as determined...

Checking on a 2011 Ramos Pinto Vintage . Like many 2011, this is aging really slowly. Still quite tannic and on its primary fruit flavours. I'll need to be more patient :) I think 2011 is going to go down as one of the best vintages for Port in a very long time. There was also a lot of hype about 2...

Bert VD wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 1:01 am Wines 'n Roses

I used to do a little but a little wouldn't do it so the little got more and more...

I am looking forward to the GST vertical in two months. That will be a ton of fun! :scholar: There is a reason that I always hold those tastings in the Spring, and you alluded to it in your post. I have found that the youngest GST tends to score very well every time I hold one of these tastings, bu...

S. Leonardo 40 Year Old Tawny 40 yr. S. Leonardo We had one of these at our last Port club meeting. It was one of the really good old bottlings from 2011. Which bottlings did you guys open? For as much effort as producers put into keeping their TWAIOA consistent, it sure seems like we're able to ea...

S. Leonardo 40 Year Old Tawny 40 yr. S. Leonardo We had one of these at our last Port club meeting. It was one of the really good old bottlings from 2011. Which bottlings did you guys open? For as much effort as producers put into keeping their TWAIOA consistent, it sure seems like we're able to ea...

I'm assuming he means the label. That way he doesn't have to backtrack. I see your point, but would hope they would admit to a mistake before making that claim. O.k., there is never a "2030 Taylor Touriga Nacional Douro Red," but there is TFP owned "2030 Quinta do Portal Douro Red .....

I think I still have a bottle and a half. I don't feel like there's any rush to drink them. You just have to be really careful when opening them to keep the super fine sediment out. That sediment seems to affect the flavor as well as the texture, even if you use cheesecloth to decant. (Even cheesec...

1937 Porto Rocha Colheita (b. 2007) Opened for the March meeting of the Sammamish Port Club. Decanted for 5 hours which was just about right. It was still improving slightly, though, so maybe 6 would have been better. I've owned this bottle since 2009 or 2010 and it's been sleeping peacefully in one...

1937 Porto Rocha Colheita (b. 2007) Opened for the March Port Club meeting. Decanted for 5 hours which was just about perfect. Was still improving slightly, so maybe 6 would have been better. I've owned this bottle since 2009 or 2010 and it's been sleeping peacefully in one of my wine fridges, so I ...