For The Love Of Port

But, the 2004 did not seem ready a few years ago.

Won an interesting lot. 1952 Bual Royal Silver Jubilee bottled 1977, Cossart Gordon Bottle (1) 1957 Boal, Barbeito Bottle (1) 1957 Reserva, d'Oliveiras Bottle (1) 1968 Boal Reserva, d'Oliveiras (1) 1969(bottled) Rare Old Verdelho, Christopher's (1) Any info on the Chrisopher's? One writeup indicated...

2x 1900 D'iveras Malvazia Reserva

The 1934 H&H Verdelho was delicious. It didn't have the concentration of most of the others, but it had a purity that kept me coming back; it was one of the pours that I finished earliest in the evening. It was reminiscent of a lime lollypop...in the best possible way. All of the bottle were op...

I opened the following for my wine group:IMG_0544.jpeg 1920 Abudarham Bual 1920 Blandy’s Bual 1934 MWA Verdelho 1934 H&H Verdelho (btl’d in France) 1954 Blandy’s Malmsey 1954 Barbeito Malvasia Reserva Velha (btl’d 2011) 1971 H&H Sercial (btl’d 2011) 1971 D’Oliveiras Sercial (btl’d 2012) Unk...

The one and only. As Roy advertised it on the mailing list, I wondered if anyone else signed up.

Any regulars going to the LA port lunch later this month?

12x2011 Taylor Vinha Velha Not tried, but I just love the vintage. I truly suspect these will drink beautifully now and any year they are opened. Wo! Great buy! Where did you buy them? I had 4 in 2015 and one of the 4 was drunk. I plan to drink the next one in 5 or 10 years. Give news if you drink ...

12x2011 Taylor Vinha Velha

Not tried, but I just love the vintage. I truly suspect these will drink beautifully now and any year they are opened.

Andy Velebil wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2024 7:40 am

Randy Katz wrote: ↑Mon Jan 22, 2024 7:11 pm 6-2018 Batuta
6-2017 Charme

Nice recent hauls!

The Charme always impresses!

6-2018 Batuta
6-2017 Charme

12-2019 Niepoort Charme
6-2020 Niepoort Coche.

16 bottles from the DR Port offering. Sadly, I held on the 1885.

1870 Shortridge Lawton Sercial.

Anyone taste this before?

2015 Vallado Reserva. Young but open. Decided this instead of traditional Zinfandel for Thanksgiving dinner for parents as we made Peas Portuguesa w/chourico and Portuguese style turkey scallopini with roasted tomato & fennel sauce a la Todd English. The pairing worked well.

1987 Niepoort VP. 1st year Dirk entirely made the wine. Stunning. Needed 5+ hours of air to blow off some funk, almost smelled a bit oxidized at first, but fully blew off. Beautifully balanced, even better the next day holding in the fridge with no argon.

Glad I have 11 more!

2012 Crasto Reserva. In the drinking window.

So, would those be from Krohn's stock that was purchased? If so, they would be fresher than the 1968 Krohn's I bought a bunch of. My and wife's birth year. My birth year as well. Ah. Another '68er. Awesome! Will let you know when we plan the next '68 vintage party. Got a bunch of bottles waiting fo...

Eric Menchen wrote: ↑Mon Oct 30, 2023 10:56 am 2x 1968 Taylor-Fladgate Limited Edition Very Old Single Harvest Port
I'd call them colheitas, but they're labeled as above.

So, would those be from Krohn's stock that was purchased? If so, they would be fresher than the 1968 Krohn's I bought a bunch of. My and wife's birth year.

The 1987 Garrafeira runs about $600 per bottle . So if you got a case for $550 W/BP I'd be shocked if it is the Garrafeira. My guess would be VP or Colheita, and as you said either of those would be fine at that price. I tried to order some direct and was talking about maybe getting a case or two. ...