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- Mon Sep 21, 2009 4:40 pm
- Forum: Madeira Forum
- Topic: TN: 1955 Barbieto Velha Madiera Bual Vintage Madeira
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TN: 1955 Barbieto Velha Madiera Bual Vintage Madeira
1955 Barbietto Velha Madiera Bual 1955 (bottled by Rare Wine Company 2002). Pale burnt-orange with a pale yellow rim. Nose shows high levels of VA, almost vinegary. Faint aromas of grilled nuts, toffee, but fairly inexpressive. Empty glass has a striking nose of shellac, but I don't really get that ...
- Mon Sep 21, 2009 4:39 pm
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1955 Graham's Vintage Port
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1955 Graham's Vintage Port
1955 Graham’s port. Pale pink-tinted amber. Slightly dusty, subdued nose is dominated by a scents of hard candy and fruit-confit, oranges, bitter chocolate. Long and very sweet in the mouth with a palate-coating richness and a slightly bitter finish. Past its peak but still a pretty wine. 93. This t...
- Mon Sep 21, 2009 4:39 pm
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1955 Taylor Fladgate Vintage Port
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1955 Taylor Fladgate Vintage Port
1955 Taylor’s port. Pale ruby with tawny rim. Restrained nose of tangerines, toasted almonds, bitter chocolate. Warm and rich with considerable sweet fruit still evident, a very layered and long finish, extremely balanced. A very enjoyable mature port but needs to be drunk. 94. This tasting note is ...
- Mon Sep 21, 2009 4:39 pm
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1963 Graham’s Vintage Port
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1963 Graham’s Vintage Port
1963 Graham’s port. Pale garnet with a distinctly yellow hue. High-toned note of spicy red current syrup, raspberries, vanilla, toffee. Rich, sweet attack, very long finish, red-currents and raspberries, crème caramel. Finish has a remarkable tactile quality, like satin. Elegant and balanced. Some h...
- Mon Sep 21, 2009 4:38 pm
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1966 Graham’s Vintage Port
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1966 Graham’s Vintage Port
1966 Graham’s port. Medium ruby with hint of yellow at the edge. Rich nose of crème de cassis, caramel, dusty stone. Quite sweet, with ripe red-current fruit, long in the mouth, very pretty. Slightly hot finish, although not to the point of bothering me, and my wife likes the wine a lot. Still has a...
- Mon Sep 21, 2009 4:38 pm
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1985 Graham's Vintage Port
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1985 Graham's Vintage Port
1985 Graham’s port. Saturated black/red with no sign of age. Needed some air, then fantastic. Nose of crème-de-cassis, roses, citrus. Extremely young; rich and quite sweet, very long, framboise liqueur or crème de cassis; not at all hot. 96+ with a long positive evolution ahead. This tasting note is...
- Mon Sep 21, 2009 4:38 pm
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1983 Graham's Vintage Port
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1983 Graham's Vintage Port
1983 Graham's port. Saturated black/red. That signature nose of creme-de-casis but with a very pronounced sugary tone. Beyond the cassis fruit I get lemon peel, almonds, hints of chocolate. Rich, long, and intensely sweet on the palate. Perhaps not quite as good as the 1985, but I love both of them....
- Mon Sep 21, 2009 4:38 pm
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1970 Graham’s Vintage Port
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1970 Graham’s Vintage Port
1970 Graham’s port. Ruby. A stunning port. Nose of scented geraniums and cassis, bitter orange, chocolate Extremely long and balanced with wave upon wave of rich, ripe, cassis fruit and that same hint of oranges and chocolate. Alcohol and sweetness are well integrated, for Graham’s, and in fact this...
- Mon Dec 19, 2005 7:30 am
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: should i buy these ports?
- Replies: 7
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- Sun Dec 04, 2005 7:46 am
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: 1992 Fonseca Vintage Port
- Replies: 1
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1992 Fonseca Vintage Port
1992 Fonseca Porto Vintage - Portugal, Douro, Porto (12/4/2005) Saturated ruby out to the rim. Slightly dusty nose of sour cherries, vanilla, fruit-cake. Sweet and rich with a mouth-coating satiny texture; fruits tending towards very ripe sour cherries or red currents. Fairly long finish. Can drink...
- Sat Dec 03, 2005 6:48 am
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: 1992 Taylor
- Replies: 10
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- Fri Dec 02, 2005 6:00 am
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1991 Taylor's Quinta de Vargellas Vintage Port
- Replies: 5
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Well, not every port needs to be a blockbuster. But I certainly agree that the 91 Vargellas probably never deserved 95 points and that it falls into a low 90-point range. Very young, it seems to me that it came across as a creme de cassis (or mulberries) and I can see why Parker might have been very...
- Thu Dec 01, 2005 6:42 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: 1992 Taylor
- Replies: 10
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As for me, I love this port and totally agree with the huckleberry pie description -- awesome wine. Nick, I think your bottle has to have been either a dud, or asleep (it happens for port, and wine...) This port is really hard to resist now -- but how will it taste in 25 years? I'm wishing I had puc...
- Thu Dec 01, 2005 5:06 pm
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1991 Taylor's Quinta de Vargellas Vintage Port
- Replies: 5
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This is interesting, because Roy's notes describe a totally different wine, too -- not quite yours but way remote from what I'm sipping on as I respond. This is really a very attractive port -- a bit high-toned, in a cranberry/red current style, but sweet, long and seductive. My wife loves it too --...
- Thu Dec 01, 2005 5:57 am
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1991 Taylor's Quinta de Vargellas Vintage Port
- Replies: 5
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1991 Taylor's Quinta de Vargellas Vintage Port
1991 Taylor (Fladgate) Quinta de Vargellas Vintage Porto - Portugal, Douro, Porto (12/1/2005) Saturated dark ruby to the rim, but not quite as opaque as these wines are on release. Sweet, dusty nose of cranberries, red currents, hints of spices. In the mouth, rich, sweet, cranberry liqueur with a v...
- Sun Nov 27, 2005 7:53 am
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: Multi: Graham's Vintage Port vertical + 1955 Taylor & Barbieto
- Replies: 3
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- Sat Nov 26, 2005 10:16 am
- Forum: Madeira Forum
- Topic: TN: 1955 Barbieto Bual Vintage Madeira
- Replies: 1
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TN: 1955 Barbieto Bual Vintage Madeira
[Cross-posted; this is also in a port-wine thread because we opened the wine next to some 1955 ports.... sorry if I was supposed to sort it out more carefully!] 1955 Barbietto Velha Madiera Bual 1955 (bottled by Rare Wine Company 2002). Pale burnt-orange with a pale yellow rim. Nose shows high level...
- Sat Nov 26, 2005 9:58 am
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1990 Graham's Quinta dos Malvedos Vintage Port -- (potentially flawed btl)
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1990 Graham's Quinta dos Malvedos Vintage Port -- (potentially flawed btl)
First, a long story. Daniel was born in 1990 and I decided to pick up a case of this port for him; bought it from some place in NYC. When I collected it, I didn't notice but the case must have been briefly but violently overheated (as you'll see below). Anyhow, it went into my dad's cellar and sat. ...
- Sat Nov 26, 2005 9:27 am
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: Multi: Graham's Vintage Port vertical + 1955 Taylor & Barbieto
- Replies: 3
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Multi: Graham's Vintage Port vertical + 1955 Taylor & Barbieto
[Consumed over the past several months, except for the 1955's which were all served at Thanksgiving. I've had the 85 and 83 several times with consistent notes. TNs were from bottles that had been open or decanted for a few hours, but these wines all showed extremely well from the moment the cork wa...
- Mon Nov 07, 2005 5:43 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Port Buying Strategy
- Replies: 8
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Maybe my approach is non-standard, but I buy almost exclusively mature 750cl bottles from bonded storage in the UK through brokers like Sokolin. I've realized that here in the US the prices for port, on release, are just very inflated compared to the prices for nicely aged bottles out of the UK, and...