For The Love Of Port

I'd love to reserve a spot, I can provide a Niepoort '77.


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Just cracked a very solid Warre Fine White Port. Wonderful value pour and mixer.

http://www.fortheloveofport.com/ftlopfo ... 12&t=40456

Popped and Poured Color is an appropriate light gold. Nose is fruity with oranges and marzipan, with a pastry element of a hint of raw dough and a bit of lanolin. Palate is soft and fruit forward, with the marzipan and orange jam moving things along, and the lanolin giving a peripheral flavor and mo...

A particularly stunning bottle of 1967 Vargellas was opened by a friend last night. Amazing beauty. I have seen a couple at this level before, but an equal number that were past prime, with fruit receding and menthol and spearmint replacing the fruit and aguardente poking through. Glad this one was...

Anyone here who will be getting some Graham's Stone Terrace 2015 VP? Only 250 cases made with 6 bottles each. Every bottled numbered. I plan to. I picked up a full case of the 2011 Stone Terraces and will try to do the same for 2015. I believe that production volume is 2011, though... from what I'v...

The bottle is intended to be a throwback to the bottle shapes which were in use when Taylor was founded — 325 years ago. The bottles then were not intended for storage, just to be filled from the barrel and taken to the table where they would be emptied the same evening. The port inside the bottle ...

I haven't seen hide nor hair of it over here in Texas from their distributor.


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I know it'll be around $40 retail here in TX, so seems like it! The only downside is the decidedly storage unfriendly bottle shape.


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Great deal, thanks for helping to arrange this Roy!


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I'm in the "anything ready to drink" camp. Sure, aesthetically, a nice wood T-Stopper on an expensive tawny is a nice addition, but there's 0 question that screwcap is the most consistent and high performing closure in the shorter term, and I'm happy to skimp on the looks if it improves co...

Ooh I'll have to watch, thanks Glenn!


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1992 Fonseca VP


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John M. wrote:1995 Souza. A solid port every time--not the most nuanced but quite
enjoyable.

+1


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John, I do enjoy your posting of other wine TNs. While I know that everyone here has a strong and enduring love of Portuguese wines, I often have little clue what else they drink. It's fun to get to know everyone's other favs, even if just to put their Portuguese TNs in context. I often find that fo...

Such amazing wines. I can't remember a Huet I've ever been disappointed with, and I've probably had a few dozen at this point.


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While it doesn't help us now, by the time they go to retail, I would guarantee that those scores are all over the web on retailer sites and wine-searcher. Then, just like his Bordeaux and Italian scores, you can subtract 5 across the board and end up with a number somewhat close to what the rest of ...

Decanted for 4 hours Ideal T cork, pitch dark color. Nose of brambles and dark berries and jam, with a surprisingly green forest-y aspect I'm not used to in younger VP and LBV. Palate is fruit forward, again with rich dark berry jams, big grippy tannins, drying and thinning the close, leaving a bit ...

Jorge, First off, thank you so much for your time. I know we all love to hear the insights of those who labor to create the wines we adore and enjoy. I love that you've mentioned the Ramos-Pinto '83 VP a couple times in this thread, as it was one of my favorite wines in my very first tasting with th...

Recently imported, $35, clean cork. 100% Arinto Color is lighter gold Nose of coffee grounds and butterscotch, with hints of preserved lemon. Palate is very much alive, with some reductiveness blowing off after a minute or two, leaving more of the butterscotch and coffee funk up front, leading to a ...

Giving every case a three digit serial number - and then running out of numbers.. - rather brings it home.., That is crazy Tom :) Only for cases of port? The even more troubling thing is most of us do collect still wine and champagne as well... [help.gif] What's really crazy is that Tom has multipl...