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- Thu Feb 08, 2024 4:47 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Porto Protocol Video
- Replies: 1
- Views: 397
Re: Porto Protocol Video
Thanks a lot.
- Fri Jan 26, 2024 9:15 am
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: What Port(s) have you purchased this week?
- Replies: 4172
- Views: 846580
Re: What Port(s) have you purchased this week?
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 ...
- Fri Jan 12, 2024 5:57 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Richard Mayson on Graham's The Stone Terraces
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1480
Re: Richard Mayson on Graham's The Stone Terraces
Then there is TCA. How do you score those wines Glenn? ;-) Those are all good points. Ones that I recognize from judging barbecue, where we (at least theoretically) have a standard and a process by which to judge what the teams have produced for us. I'm not a professional wine judge, though. My &qu...
- Wed Jan 03, 2024 6:41 am
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: Quinta do Noval Nacional 1966
- Replies: 4
- Views: 376
Re: Quinta do Noval Nacional 1966
AH! ... Thanks for the answer. I'm not sure bu If a drunk an off bottle it was still very good. Finally everything will stay in my memory.Andy Velebil wrote: ↑Tue Jan 02, 2024 8:11 pm Yes was able to see pics. Thanks. Definitely sounds like an off bottle. It should be Dark, youthful and not as advanced as what your described.
- Tue Jan 02, 2024 6:03 pm
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: Quinta do Noval Nacional 1966
- Replies: 4
- Views: 376
Re: Quinta do Noval Nacional 1966
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=2581174052062640&set=pcb.1158523698461077 https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=2581174048729307&set=pcb.1158523698461077 I'm not sure if you can see the pictures. I don't think the bottle was perfect, but I don't think I got a bad bottle (or one with a def...
- Sun Dec 31, 2023 7:56 am
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: Quinta do Noval Nacional 1966
- Replies: 4
- Views: 376
Quinta do Noval Nacional 1966
First shot with a Nacional (and probably one of the few in my life). I recently acquired it at a "good price" at an auction. Drink from the opening until almost 6 hours in the carafe (Quinta do Noval recommended 2 hours). When opening the Port seems good... phew! There was a little fruit l...
- Thu Dec 07, 2023 5:30 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Decant advice for 2 Ports
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1816
Re: Decant advice for 2 Ports
Finally I wrote this question too late because I already opened the bottles. The bottles were opened a little less than 3 hours before the start of the tasting. Everything was drunk 2 hours later, so between 3 and 5 hours. The Fonseca remained stable from start to finish but the Taylor seemed more f...
- Wed Nov 29, 2023 2:59 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Decant advice for 2 Ports
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1816
Decant advice for 2 Ports
Hi all,
I will open soon two bottles :
Taylor Fladgate Vargellas 2001 (375ml)
Fonseca Guimaraens 1998 (375ml)
They will probably drink up in 2 hours. How much carafe time do you think they would need?
I will open soon two bottles :
Taylor Fladgate Vargellas 2001 (375ml)
Fonseca Guimaraens 1998 (375ml)
They will probably drink up in 2 hours. How much carafe time do you think they would need?
- Wed Oct 18, 2023 5:07 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Krohns Sold
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2224
Re: Krohns Sold
Of course they kept the stocks. That's all that they were after in the first place. That's why you see all of the old Krohn stocks released as Taylor Single Harvest Tawny instead of as Krohn Colheitas. They never needed the name or the Quinta, and this sale just proves it. I don't understand... TFP...
- Fri Sep 22, 2023 4:50 pm
- Forum: Port Basics
- Topic: What is your longest complete vertical?
- Replies: 43
- Views: 12417
Re: What is your longest complete vertical?
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I didn't realize there was a Nacional 2015!...my son was born in 2015.
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I didn't realize there was a Nacional 2015!...my son was born in 2015.
- Fri Sep 22, 2023 4:46 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: What have you opened this week?
- Replies: 5770
- Views: 1117131
Re: What have you opened this week?
Tonight Andresen 10 year white Port an last week Offley Baron de Forrester 10 years.
Two good Ports!
Two good Ports!
- Sun Sep 03, 2023 4:42 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: What have you opened this week?
- Replies: 5770
- Views: 1117131
Re: What have you opened this week?
Yes, Ramos Pinto produced both a "full" Ramos Pinto VP and a SQVP from Quinta da Ervamoira in 1994. Interesting to know. At the SAQ (Québec) we had regular Ramos Pinto (Tawny with age indication). For some time I was seeing the mention Bom Retiro and Quinta da Ervamoira. I was just wonder...
- Fri Sep 01, 2023 4:25 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: What have you opened this week?
- Replies: 5770
- Views: 1117131
Re: What have you opened this week?
Inspired by me decanting the exact same wine three days ago - or pure coincidence? I had a similar experience - a class act that needs another decade 8-9 Pure coincidence! Is there a non Ervamoira version as well? I was looking for that one in the cellar instead, but wasn't sure if there was such a...
- Fri Sep 01, 2023 4:20 pm
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1995 Smith Woodhouse LBV Port
- Replies: 7
- Views: 617
Re: 1995 Smith Woodhouse LBV Port
Maybe too old? I have never experienced old LBVs (more than 15 years old) but for me also Smith Woodhouse LBVs are among my favorites (2002, 2003, 2004 and 2008 on more than 10 times). They were around 12-14 years old and they were all in balance. With almost 30 years I would be curious to taste. Th...
- Wed Jul 26, 2023 5:18 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: What have you opened this week?
- Replies: 5770
- Views: 1117131
Re: What have you opened this week?
Taylor Fladgate Vargellas 2008. Very nice purity on the fruit with very present and precise tannins. On the other hand, it lacks a little fat and complexity. It is still in good shape and can last a good 10 years easily. I had decanted it for an hour before re-bottling it for another 3 hours to the...
- Thu Jul 20, 2023 6:35 pm
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1994 VP Horizontal Tasting
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1890
Re: 1994 VP Horizontal Tasting
About 1 month ago I opened a 1994 Dow Vintage and it was very ordinary. Not bad but not great either. A fairly simple Port with little fruit and quite mineral. I tasted it when it was opened and after 8 hours of decanting it was still ordinary. I tried to like it though (I knew what I was drinking) ...
- Tue Jun 27, 2023 6:01 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: What Port(s) have you purchased this week?
- Replies: 4172
- Views: 846580
Re: What Port(s) have you purchased this week?
Wow! It's around 90$ Can! Here in Quebec, I can't imagine seeing 1992 fonsecas below 150$ US.Andy Velebil wrote: ↑Tue Jun 27, 2023 5:16 pm 18 bottles of 1992 Fonseca VP for $66/bottle. [emoji41]
Nice catch!
- Mon Jun 26, 2023 5:19 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: What have you opened this week?
- Replies: 5770
- Views: 1117131
Re: What have you opened this week?
Good to know for the Dow 1994. I'll drink one this year (i have 5 bottles). Could you tell me more about it? The 94 Dow’s is great. It’s been decanting for 5 hours now and really smoothing out. Am wondering if it’ll be even better tomorrow, which leads me to believe you could cellar this for a long...
- Fri Jun 09, 2023 6:54 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Port Vintages, Second Edition
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5800
Re: Port Vintages, Second Edition
Thanks for the precisions.Andy Velebil wrote: ↑Fri Jun 09, 2023 6:26 pm It stopped listing vintages around 2000 (I may be off by a bit) as those are now easily referenced via internet. Which is why you won’t see newer ports listed.
- Fri Jun 09, 2023 5:45 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Port Vintages, Second Edition
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5800
Re: Port Vintages, Second Edition
It's been 2 weeks since I received the book and I'm very happy. I have read half of the book and already learned several interesting little details that I would not have learned elsewhere. Moreover, I will probably read this book several times and refer to it. I like it but... I thought that every v...