For The Love Of Port

A Nice dumpy bottle of Fine Old Niepoort Tawny. And surprisingly the cork showed the year of bottling: 1977. I have had many Fine Olds before, But the first time I see a "birthyear". Does anyone knows when the juice originally was harvested? My guess is 10 to 12 years prior to the age of b...

Dear Eric, Bradley, Andy, Julian and Tom

So many new friends in Ports, and If I post my address, so few old ports in my harbour

But guys, if You sail over the pond, and I will great you, and treat You.

Allan

My dislike for 12-packs kicked into high gear. What size OWC's do you prefer and why? One little story from Real life. My Portmentor had some great bottles, and I thought I knew his stock. When he turned 93 he took sick, and mowed down the Road to some relatives, and his Port went with him. Suddenl...

But how would You know when this or that specifik bottle is going over the Hill? I have an old Ferreira 1895, But if someone would tell me, that come Christmas 2014 the Wine is undrinkable, I would open it next weekend. I Can asure that All my bottles will be consumed. By me, friends and family. I t...

1 bottle of Amandios colheita 1955 and
2 bottles of White Amandios 1957.


Those chubby bottles takes All the space in my fridge!

Salute

Al B. wrote:Fonseca 1985, Graham 1985, Churchill 1985, Offley 1972, Noval 1995 and a bottle of Cockburn Fine Old Ruby that from the look of label and bottle was from the early 1940s.

Nice run! Some of us mortals drink one or two bottles a week....You just go All in:-)

A Nice Harris port, bottled in 1979. Had a sherrylike tast. But very Young and fresh.
Allan

Saturday. Daugther in the house, and another old Tawny hits the table: Sucessora de Dona Antónia Ferreira - Duque de Brangança. The label was very old and torn, and no selo! My guess is a port from around 1950-60. Very good endeed. Long long aftertaste, burned caramell, and fresh like a spring morni...

Andy Velebil wrote:

Allan Engelsted Laurents wrote:A Nice Warre & Co 300 year birthday port from 1970.

Very spicy, long aftertaste. And a bargain of 8 euro, direct import from Portugal.

8 Euro

Yes Andy! And the Best part is, that I bought 3 bottles of these Warres for the gigantic amount of 25 euros.

Let me see...the Ni35 needs 3-4 hours of decanting. If You leave right after the semifinal Arg-Hol. I Can have it "up and running" tomorrow morning (early). Bring some cheesecake :P Allan I make an awesome goat cheese cheesecake with red wine grape compote, but it goes better with VP and ...

A Nice Warre & Co 300 year birthday port from 1970.

Very spicy, long aftertaste. And a bargain of 8 euro, direct import from Portugal.

Taylor 1863 Single Harvest Port - maybe the most powerful land impressive port I have ever tasted I remember the initial tread from Roy Hersh: "This probably isn't going to be any good, but I'll give it a go anyways" [cheers.gif] Sorry, I couldnt help it. If I had a couple of thousand Eng...

Port through a straw...... My old portmentor who died last year just after his 94th birthsday had many excellent ports through a straw. Off course some ordinary Tawny ports (mostly Niepoort senior). But here some of the better bottles - through a straw :wink: 1955 VP Niepoort VV Niepoort 1963 VP Reb...

Hi guys

A Nice bottle of the 1931 vintage from Tuke Holdsworth is at an auction in Denmark.
The estimated price is $ 400.
Does anyone knows about this Porthouse, and the specific vintage?

I cant find any tasting notes on this Wine.

Have a Nice weekend.....sitting with my Girl and an old Real Comp. Velha 1938 vintage (I would say it is a Colheita) the taste and color, and the lacking of sediments in the bottle tells me so.

But Nice, not extravagant, sweet and very Dark Brown.

Allan

Let me see...the Ni35 needs 3-4 hours of decanting. If You leave right after the semifinal Arg-Hol. I Can have it "up and running" tomorrow morning (early). Bring some cheesecake :P Allan I make an awesome goat cheese cheesecake with red wine grape compote, but it goes better with VP and ...

Kopke 30 years bottled in 1995, very Nice ended.
Allan

Sorry guys!
But I have to mention Niepoort again....
I placed a Colheita 1937 on death row, and saw that the cork was floating around in the neck.

I opend it, and expected a Big disappointment. But to my Big and happy surprise, the Wine was absolutely perfect!

Allan

Yesterday I Opend the Vilar D'Allen bottle. And old Tawny, with the old IVP selo.

Turned out very pleasent.

I must say that on a summer Night, sligtly chilled, a Vinho do Porto, is great stuff.
Allan

Allan, Do you remember what these were? Curious! :scholar: One Tawny from 1955, and a White from 1957. Just one week after I had the "pair of Amandios" I got the opPortunity to get another set [cheers.gif] Both bottled in 1971. And as I mentioned, both where fantastic, but in the end the ...