For The Love Of Port

Michael Broadbent quite likes this one he gives the start of the drinking window at 23 years which surpasses quite a few of the more recent and older vintages.I have'nt had this one so I'm curious

I've just bought 12 bottles of Noval 82 for £22 pounds a bottle

Just a brief synopsis of my meeting with Derek T at my house.Croft 63 a real sophisticated beauty Sandemans 63 more punch but just lacked the extra.Martinez 85 one of my favourites as sure as ever .Burmester 1900 a real sticky colheita very syrupy not my style but still nice.garrafeira 1917 this was...

These are silly prices.

Just a bit to young unless second tier producer

I have the same bottle it is a colheita or wood aged as far as I can gather
mine was bottled in 1973.

I've just had a case shipped from lisbon including taxes and shipping for $6 a bottle.which has tasting notes from the wine store.(sezim 2006)

Although all of this is quite logical.The price at auction houses throught the uk are much lower than the us for older ports.Roy does not seem to like auctions that much because of provenance.But I have rarely been disapointed in my purchases.Its like most older things bought at auction there is a r...

I have a few bottles of this port and I'm now feeling a bit disapointed

C for me or my stocks of port would run seriously low as my bank account.

My wife prefers sweet wine to port which I am not that fond of but she loves it when I open a bottle of her birth year which produced some good port.

I have six mostly the older ones because to my shame I have not been following recent vintages and the 2000's were my last buy.

In general Taylors for ports over 70 years Fonseca for less sweeping statement though.I find Fonseca are subtle and refined which does not make a great Tawny after they are passed their best.

Has anyone tried some of the local farmers port that is not IVDP.

I would have to ask pops it was late 70's I was in my teens I know it was a 55 but I don't know which one it was'nt Grahams or Taylors Probably Dow's or Warre's.He still keeps some of the bottles and puts beeswax candles in them for special dinners.They now look like props from a horror movie.

I think it was a pretty good price.

That is realy superb I wish I had the luck of the Irish

I've had a few Burmester vintage ports but the 85 is the best one I've had.One to look out for that is quite cheap to buy is the 89 vintage.They do however make very good colheitas.

I opened a bottle of Yates Brothers Wine lodges crusted port bottled 1986 not great but the strange thing was that it was UK bottled as stated on the label.No ivdp label and the bottle definately looks english.I wonder where they sourced this from.

It's one of my favourite 85's Thomas.