For The Love Of Port

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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....

I usually go for the Maynards or Noval 10.

The only knock I have against Warre is that usually, their LBV is priced higher than other LBV's (with Sandeman as the exception because Sandeman is always priced high for some reason). Warre's is deserving of the price they ask for their LBV. I would say it's best easily found LBV on the market. [...

Al B. wrote: ↑Mon Mar 31, 2025 2:04 pm Warre Traditional Bottle Matured LBV 2011. That's a great Port!

We bought a few bottles of the 2010 (also a great port) as the current vintage on offer at our local Total Wine.

Pretty cool to be able to buy a vintage that old without breaking the bank.

Al B. wrote: ↑Mon Mar 31, 2025 2:04 pm Warre Traditional Bottle Matured LBV 2011. That's a great Port!

We bought a few bottles of the 2010 (also a great port) as the current vintage on offer at our local Total Wine.

Pretty cool to be able to buy a vintage that old without breaking the bank.

Roy Hersh wrote: ↑Sun Mar 23, 2025 5:12 pm I don't know if this is happening to you too, but it seems the older I become, the more I find that younger VPs are more enjoyable than I did a decade ago, and far more so than 2 decades ago!

Agreed. Noticed that myself.

Noval 10 Year Tawny (bottled 2022). Finally bought a case of varied cellar defenders. Drinking too many vintage ports recently.

Wife has been on a port tear. Had to stop the bleeding!

1994 Martinez - Much better than it was a few years ago. Well integrated on night two.

Opened a '95 Vesuvio last night. Jammy and young.