For The Love Of Port

2015 Niepoort VP Young I know, but I wanted to know whether to pick more of these up. Yes, I will need gallons of this.... Lovely, massive red bouquet with citrus. And with what I'm learning is a NIepoort-style spicyness. Good as pnp for maximum lush fruit aromas, more winelike later in the day, 2nd...

I am pretty sure that if you were buying on release today, the best LBVs being sold, will in 20+ years give you a much higher ROI than the average VP. Simply because you can acquire them at a quarter of the price and, well, few people actually currently invest in cases of LBVs judging by their relat...

2014 Noble & Murat LBV

A solidly above average LBV, bodes very well for this new reborn brand.

88 Churchill Crusted Interesting port, cherry candy note with some citrus but a bit "watered." Has some other complexity that I can't quite pin down. It's ready, a bit hot though. Hasn't really improved overnight, I'd probably pop n' pour the next one. Bottom half of the cork shattered, I ...

2014 Romaneira LBV A "vodka-like" Port. Not because it was particularly hot and spirity, which it really isn't, but because it didn't taste like much of anything at all! Especially the first day. Perhaps a "dumb" phase? Tannin support is ok, concentration not an issue, acidity is...

2014 Noval LBV. Unfiltered but the deposit came up short of expectations. Needed plenty of air. A decent enough Port, with adequate tannic support but a bit thin, and with a very dark almost "evil" flavor with noticeable spirit - save this one for a Halloween. The 2014 Sandeman LBV I had r...

What about the whole idea that '87 should perhaps have been more widely declared?

I know Glenn really likes the Vargellas from that year. But is there anything else of note there, that is perhaps on par with the better '83s?

Crusteds, and unusual unfiltered LBVs and VPs. Magnums and Half bottles are also interesting because they can be hard to come by. If they're aged, found in some dusty cellar over there in Gaia or the Douro, even better! I'm sure aged ones would sell better to the older crowd. A Quinado Port would al...

Am letting the new vintages take some depreciation first.

I''ve been picking up the occasional 2015-17 on bids if the price is right.

The very first Port I tasted I couldn't possibly recall because I was around 8-9 years old and my grandmother would give me a teaspoon on rare occasion. I'm pretty confident it was a tawny though, and this was in Brazil around 1999, and my grandmother lived on a pension, so it was probably some Ramo...

Borges Reserve Ruby

Totally muted upon opening, not one for Pop n'Pour. Next day better but prickly, bloody, and uninteresting, not worth it, they should spend less putting the bottle in a tube and more on the winemaking. So far, Sandeman FR remains the best easily obtainable RR atm.

Even now in other forums (such as reddit) people seem to overrate '85 vs '83 because of Graham and Fonseca. The top end VPs definitely have a lot of weight because it is only they which "survive" the ages. I would posit that in the future everyone will have access to more information (as i...

Np. I have a couple of those including the LBV, so they are close to my cellar if not my heart.

Double '03 Rozes?

I've only been drinking Port "seriously" for a couple of years, and my initial intention to explore Port was to buy as many LBVs as I could and try to do horizontals and get a feel for the house styles. I have not given up on this concept, but the realization that I can buy good VP for $30...

This auction house was trying to flog 10x Taylor Regular Tawnys for $90-100 for a few weeks.

This week they threw in the towel and placed the minimum at $50, which I won. At that price I can just dole them out to doormen and whatnot.

Barros Lagrima White

It's fine. Strong acidity but is basically a nothingburger. I'd much rather have a Portal Fine White over this.

2014 Sandeman LBV Pop n'pour and this is a good Port for that. It is quite lovely and not as light as I would have expected given the vintage year - concentration is solid. This is a high grade LBV with complexity and the ideal level of acidity. I don't usually like floral notes but this is floral i...

1966 Graham was something special, I have to give 2024 to it.

2001 QVDM Sarzedinho was best QPR/biggest surprise for me, punched well above its weight.

2000 Vesuvio 6pk
One of those minimum bids that panned out. Didn't expect to win, but then again, I guess many folks are tapped out because of the holidays already so this coming month, the auctions should be good. $43/bottle all-in.
Would sell a pair to Mike and John if they want 'em.