For The Love Of Port

Opened the bottle Christmas Eve and decanted the wine. Had a small taste right away - after savouring the aroma for quite some time!- and it was wonderful. Ended up sharing some of the wine Christmas afternoon and finishing the rest myself over the next few days, with the last finished last night (3...

The wine was bottled in 2007. Bought from Adegas de Torreao (in 2002 I think). I understand they haven't bottled all their stock of this yet as they bottle just before releasing their wine? So if it has only been in bottle a year-ish, presumably it won't need to 'breathe' for too long?? Would you re...

Hi,

just to let you know that I eventually bought a bottle of 1958 d'oliveiras boal reserva and am looking forward to seeing what it is like over Xmas (though I can hardly bear to open it now!)!

Neil

Thanks chaps for that advice and info. The notion of trying the 1968 first seems sensible, though I am still keen on having a mad extravagant 'splurge' on a 1958 one (you're not 50 every year), and who knows, I may sample the 1968 at some point. But I am still thinking it over, and will use your adv...

Hi all, this is my first post after just discovering your forum. I am toying with the idea of splashing out and treating myself to a bottle of vintage Madeira to celebrate my 50th birthday this year. The idea of a 1958 bottle has obviously occurred but I also see that the 1968 d'oliveira bual seems ...