For The Love Of Port

Carcavelos "Villa Oeiras 15 Anos"

Not "port" so cannot post in port section. Excellent fortified wine and very generous 15 year designation.

Moses wrote: We drink more LBV's the last couple of years. Warre's being the most frequent followed by Dow. Funny thing, in WA state, I never saw many Warre's LBVs. When I lived in VA, they were everywhere but not in Washington, fwiw. Dow's was prevalent though and some years they did Unfiltered ve...

Brought an '85 Fonseca with us to the Cape for the 4th of July. Have a touch left I expect to finish tonight. Needs to decant a couple of days or more to shine IMO.

Been drinking a Saveiro 5 year old "Castanea". Has to be one of the best 5 Madeira's I've tried. Normally, I would not buy a 5 year Madeira, but like the Saveiro brand. It's aged in chestnut barrels which I hear is uncommon today in Madeira.

We started in on a bottle of Mouchão Sobremesa. I know it's not port... Takes a week in the decanter to really sing. Is that better off aging or can you drink it young? Where in MA did you find it, Moses? It's great young actually, I have a case to age out of curiosity. I bought it in Fall River, b...

We started in on a bottle of Mouchão Sobremesa. I know it's not port... Takes a week in the decanter to really sing.

Just finished an '80 Gould Campbell VP. Held up all week and still had plenty of life left to it. No rush to open, but I don't think it's going to get any better.

We drink more LBV's the last couple of years. Warre's being the most frequent followed by Dow. The biggest change in our port repertoire is non-Port fortified dessert wines from Portugal.

Where's the participant picture?

Mouchao Tonel Licoro 2012. Outstanding and got better each day. Was actually better after day 3.

Picked up a bunch of various Portuguese wines and dessert wines yesterday.

Muxgat Tinta Barroc
Carcavelos 1994 Colheita
Carcavelos Villa Oeiras 10
Carcavelos Villa Oeiras 15
Mouchao Tonel Licoro 2012
Vadio Bairrada 2015 1.5L
Sino da Romaneira 2020
Ameal Loureiro
Dos Lusiadas Eleiver

John M. wrote: ↑Wed May 21, 2025 12:29 pm Moses--

I'd like to say a "half-wit" but someone who was on the fence. They now cannot. Still room if you'd like to attend!

I asked the wife if she was interested. We'll discuss it tonight. Need to find a dog sitter.

Who's the .5 commitment?

Mike J. W. wrote: ↑Sat May 17, 2025 6:14 pm Alex. I'm not a big fan of Graham's TWAIOA. They've always seemed rather pedestrian when compared to the top tawnies in their age brackets. Is there something unique about the 50 Year-old Graham's?

Agreed. Same with Fonseca tawny.

I bought a bunch of non-Port fortified's that were all fantastic and well priced. Need to pick up some more! Moses, can you list what you liked? Thanks. I really need to dig around to find most of them :( , but 2012 Mouchao "Sobremesa Dessert Tonel Aged" was one of them. There are a coupl...

I drink way more young port today than I thought I ever would. The vintage stuff tends to languish, but that's ok. Not going anywhere.

Enjoying ruby reserves and 10 year tawny as regular week day drinkers. Non port fortified's have struck a chord in the last year.

I bought a bunch of non-Port fortified's that were all fantastic and well priced. Need to pick up some more!

H&H, Justinho, and Broadbent are my go to brands. Possibly because that's what's on normally carried.

Ferreira is one my favorite port producers in both ruby and tawny.

Warre Traditional Bottle Aged LBV is a staple offer in the supermarkets in the UK. The vintage for sale switched from 2010 to 2011 late last year. I've been waiting for one of the supermarkets to decide to offer a discount - and one has. I've just bought 6 bottles of 2011 LBV for $26.50 per bottle....