For The Love Of Port

For me it is waiting for news from Taylor's & Fonseca. If they don't declare, I think we can't speak of a general declared year. Do you guys agree? I do not agree... 2 players should not dictate what is a general declaration or not... but it is definitively what they want us to believe. I am no...

For me it is waiting for news from Taylor's & Fonseca. If they don't declare, I think we can't speak of a general declared year. Do you guys agree?

Your wishes might have been answered! Today leaving Porto, the airport shop was offering a Graham's 2003 Colheita, First Flight. The name suggest it might only be available in airports for now. I was told last month that Graham's would release Colheita for young tawny while keeping the Single Harve...

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Today i got the first prices for a 2016 Vintage Port. It is the Kopke 2016 Vintage Port. We will be selling at €44,95 enprimeur.
I tasted the 2016 vintage port (cask sample) @ Prowein, it confirmed me again that Kopke keeps on improving with there vintage ports.

This was one facebook, form an unconfirmed source

Quinta do Noval Same procedure as last year, one almost feel like saying. Quinta do Noval has gone back to back with VP declarations since 2011? That is 6 years in a row. That begs the question; Is that too many in a row? I don't know but would be curious to hear others opinions (I'll post a new to...

Who will be making a 2016 topic? I don't have the time to update te list, so it won't be me.

To bad for the no label fans


The best Single Harvest by Graham's in my opinion

We have the 2001 for over a year, sold quite a lot. Noval had Some realy good realese prices in the 2004 and 2001. Bying the 2nd batch is tripple the price...
It got 99 pts from Wine Spectator, so should be realy good

hmm doubts. Had some realy nice port this year.

We had a realy nice bottle of 1977 Croft vintage port with christmas. Also realy liked the Taylor's 1967 single harvest.

Well spoken Roy!

We have a 1/2 a bottle of Kopke 1967 Colheita left from christmas dinner. So I think wel finish that, and do some champagne later.

All the best for 2018!

1977 Croft Vintage port and a Kopke Colheita 1967 for Christmas

As a spin off for the 2015 vs. 2016 thread, curious as to what people have heard about 2017? I've heard the super early harvest was not a good thing in general. Issues with phenological ripeness. Has anyone heard anything else, Good, bad, or otherwise? I was at Niepoort during at the end of the har...

You should try to find a Romaneira LBV 11 as well. Very good!

The 2017 harvest was the earliest on record, but that is not news. Most finished harvesting even their Port grapes, prior to the end of September. There are very few exceptions, but some do exist. While yields are down, additionally there were a good amount of raisins on vines in all 3 sub-regions ...

Surprised me to. This was one of the best vintage port i had this year.

So do you know if there are plans to bottle this for sale, and if so, how much? Based on some dark rumours from the inner circle of the Danish port wine scene, which has relations to Dirk Niepoort, the 1987 will be released in 2022. Some also claim that the 1983 may see light of day before the 1987...

W. J. Hart (Dow's) 1957 Colheita Dow's 1999 Colheita Dow's 2002 Colheita Warre's 1972 Colheita (Made for her majesty the Queen of Denmark on her 40th anniversary - 3000 bottles) Warre's 2000 Colheita Graham's 1952 Colheita Graham's 1972 Colheita Graham's 1982 Colheita These are the ones I know of. ...

Tasted it at the old Niepoort cellar, in Vila Nova de Gaia, not yet released for the market (yet). It came straight out of the demijohn If a vintage port is a Bordeaux wine, than a Garrafeira port is a Burgundy wine. With this port I couldn’t be more the case. Because it came straight out the bottle...