I'd love to reserve a spot, I can provide a Niepoort '77.
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- Fri Jun 30, 2017 5:45 pm
- Forum: Portugal Travel, Food & Offline Planner
- Topic: 40-year retrospective: Tasting the 1977 vintage in Chicago - November 3, 2017
- Replies: 19
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- Fri Jun 23, 2017 7:00 pm
- Forum: Virtual Tasting Room
- Topic: June/July 2017 VT: Any White Port
- Replies: 15
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Re: June/July 2017 VT: Any White Port
Just cracked a very solid Warre Fine White Port. Wonderful value pour and mixer.
http://www.fortheloveofport.com/ftlopfo ... 12&t=40456
http://www.fortheloveofport.com/ftlopfo ... 12&t=40456
- Fri Jun 23, 2017 6:58 pm
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: NV Warre Fine White Port
- Replies: 0
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NV Warre Fine White Port
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...
- Mon Jun 19, 2017 7:04 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: What have you opened this week?
- Replies: 5780
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Re: What have you opened this week?
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...
- Thu Jun 08, 2017 12:51 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: 2015 VP's, will you buy?
- Replies: 58
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Re: 2015 VP's, will you buy?
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...
- Tue Jun 06, 2017 8:49 am
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: 325th Anniversary Tawny from Taylor Fladgate
- Replies: 8
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325th Anniversary Tawny from Taylor Fladgate
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 ...
- Tue Jun 06, 2017 8:48 am
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Graham Six Grapes: River Quintas Edition
- Replies: 2
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Re: Graham Six Grapes: River Quintas Edition
I haven't seen hide nor hair of it over here in Texas from their distributor.
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- Mon Jun 05, 2017 3:17 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: 325th Anniversary Tawny from Taylor Fladgate
- Replies: 8
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Re: 325th Anniversary Tawny from Taylor Fladgate
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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- Sun Jun 04, 2017 6:34 am
- Forum: Port & Madeira Marketplace
- Topic: FLASH SALE for subscribers
- Replies: 33
- Views: 7621
Re: FLASH SALE for subscribers
Great deal, thanks for helping to arrange this Roy!
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- Fri Jun 02, 2017 10:35 am
- Forum: Port Basics
- Topic: Screw caps for Port?
- Replies: 15
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Re: Screw caps for Port?
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...
- Mon May 29, 2017 6:24 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Booze Traveller does Portugal
- Replies: 3
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Re: Booze Traveller does Portugal
Ooh I'll have to watch, thanks Glenn!
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- Sat May 27, 2017 9:07 am
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: What have you opened this week?
- Replies: 5780
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Re: What have you opened this week?
1992 Fonseca VP
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- Sun May 21, 2017 4:27 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: What have you opened this week?
- Replies: 5780
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Re: What have you opened this week?
+1John M. wrote:1995 Souza. A solid port every time--not the most nuanced but quite
enjoyable.
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- Sun May 21, 2017 6:42 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Off-Topic TNs from that Trombley character
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1104
Re: Off-Topic TNs from that Trombley character
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...
- Sun May 21, 2017 6:37 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Two Modern but Very Different Huet le Mont Molleux 1er tries: 2008 and 2015
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Re: Two Modern but Very Different Huet le Mont Molleux 1er tries: 2008 and 2015
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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- Wed May 17, 2017 6:08 am
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: 2015 Vintage Declarations
- Replies: 127
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Re: 2015 Vintage Declarations
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 ...
- Fri May 12, 2017 8:13 pm
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 2009 Cockburn LBV
- Replies: 0
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2009 Cockburn LBV
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 ...
- Fri May 12, 2017 6:41 am
- Forum: Guest Corner
- Topic: JORGE ROSAS
- Replies: 51
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Re: JORGE ROSAS
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...
- Wed May 10, 2017 7:52 pm
- Forum: Portuguese Table Wine and Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1995 Quinta do Poco do Lobo "Poco do Lobo" White
- Replies: 1
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1995 Quinta do Poco do Lobo "Poco do Lobo" White
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 ...
- Mon May 01, 2017 10:11 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: 2015 VP's, will you buy?
- Replies: 58
- Views: 7828
Re: 2015 VP's, will you buy?
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...