For The Love Of Port

2012 Dalva Late Bottled Vintage Unfiltered Notably, this was bottled in 2018, thus presumably barrel-aged on the longer side of the 4-6 year range. Tasted at opening, after 14 hours decanting, and 36 hours decanting. Not blind. Initial aroma was unfortunately reminiscent of medicine along with tar, ...

Does anybody know if TCWC ships? I can't tell, it seems like you have hire that out and I'm not sure about how that would work. No takers on the lot and so these can actually be had today for $18.75 ea. They also have 4 bottles of '05 Niepoort for $37.50/ea with both lots ending in 5 hours. https://...

"First presented in 2020 as a celebration of Graham’s Bicentenary with the commemorative 2015 LBV"

So they both nominally have tubes. That said, I bought the 2017 LBV at Total Wine with no tube in sight.

Haven't had it yet, am holding off on the 2017s for now until more of the LBVs hit the US market.

Bought two 12-cases this week:
2000 Warre's VP
2000 Ferreira VP

My VP collection has officially begun with the millennium vintage.

Did a 4-way blind tasting with the folks. Decanted 8 hours, served with several cheeses and bread. 1. 2015 Ferreira LBV The richest in variety of fruit and the most complex of the four right now. A real fruit salad that's hard to pin down. Finish is too strong and acidic, however. My favorite and it...

Great to know Mike, thank you. I was surprised to see the variety in the area.

I went to Newark today where Mike JW previously mentioned some portuguese wine shops. The one listed on yelp as "Oporto Wines" still has an old Andresen LBV btw in one of the lower shelves, I think '92 and I didn't buy it. What a weird, liquor style store. It would seem that they are under...

Decanted the 2008 Warre's LBV today for 7 hours, it is delightful. After opening a decent, somewhat jammy Maynard's 2012 Colheita, last week, the LBV blew it out of the water with its explosion of flavor. (I know, apples to oranges, but the contrast was stark.) It was pure joy, & my family was i...

Oh the book itself is a Vintage Book, that's amazing.

I'm reading Wiseman's blog now, this is hilarious:
http://www.jdawiseman.com/papers/port_a ... ition.html

Might have to splurge on the book after all.

Has anyone compiled a spreadsheet of which houses declared which years, with as many houses as possible?

Looking mostly for the past 30 years.

It would be a godsend.

Btw I also found this for only $25, the '01 Senhora do Convento VP.

https://www.winedeals.com/senhora-do-co ... 75228.html

Seems rather obscure to me, but might be interesting if you're looking to try something off the beaten path.

At TCWC, 8 Bottles at time of posting.

https://www.tcwc.com/1997-Quinta-do-Cra ... orto-750ml

Thank you for all the fantastic responses. I'm very happy I found this forum and can share in the profound experience of you fine folks here. I'll give 10 hours a go for the unfiltered LBVs. And as for the Quevedos, that is very good to know as well; may split a case sometime with the locals as Quev...

Hello folks, I'm enjoying reading the old threads here and have a few questions that I haven't found answers to. 1. How long should do you decant a typical new 6-7 year old LBV? I know this answer may vary depending on tannins etc, but I'm looking for a generic answer for a young LBV whose propertie...

I'm fairly new to port and trying things out. Short term goal is assemble a horizontal tasting, probably 2016 LBVs. 2017 Maynard's Port LBV Maynard's Port Colheita Special Edition - Single Harvest 2012 2016 Niepoort LBV 375ml 2016 Kopke Port LBV 2016 Quinta de la Rosa LBV 500ml 2016 Quinta Do Noval ...