For The Love Of Port

I love 70 F & T-but there is variation from ready now to more time?-luck of the draw and condition.

This bottle as great as it was the first nite dropped to 16/20 the 2nd nite? Some hold on for a longer

time but this one didn't-bottle variation.

Open another to nite 6/9/14-notes were the same but this bottle is 19+/20.

Top marks to the bottler.

Just looked my only bottle.

Last glass tonite-6/4/14

Nose: tar-complexity

Body: full

Taste: great-complex

Aftertaste: some

18/20

Wow open 16 months.

My luck must be good-great success with 1970's at the 5-7 day point in a decanter(again T,F & G).

Roy:

A 1970 would have a better chance(T,F &G).

I'm not the normal port drinker-I open ports and drink the bottle as needed-a few day to a month. I opened the 77G two weeks ago drank two glasses and then tonite tried the last glass in the decanter-GONE. Dregs in bottle(dregs hold up longer)(coffee filter). Nose: some oxidation-but still?ok? Body:...

Just a bit more than my group paid for one at Bassins in the the mid 70's($50).

Had one last week-thought it was very good.

David & Moses:

You both must be heroes-I can't drink a whole bottle of VP by myself in one nite.

John

First day-very good

Third day-lesser(about 15/20)

5th day Very good again

A first for me.

1970 Fonseca tasted 5/2 see port tasting notes

Any views of variability in old VP(older than 1977) after opening-example good first-then lesser-then good at end?

Bottled by Corney & Barrow
First by this Firm. Opened and decanted.

Nose: a bit stuffy-needs some airing.

Body: full-power

Taste: very fine-young-tannic

Aftertaste: fairly long

18+/20 ; 70 F is always 18+ to 19+-what a great wine.

I opened and decanted(when I opening for myself not usually planned).

I drank a 1958 Fonseca in the early 70's it was very good but also I think it was only my 2nd VP.

Nose: a bit restrained-tar?

Body: medium

Taste: a bit rustic and hard

Aftertaste: good-tannic

17/20 points

In the first tasting the only ones I remember were the 1975 Nacional and the 1975 Taylor. My guess is that the other two were older than 1978.

In the second tasting we had the 1978,1980,1982, and 1987(the 78 was a leaker).

Not a fan of Nacional. In the 90's my wine group purchased 7 different vintages(no strong years) for about $100

each. We had two tasting(in the first I put in a 1975 Taylor to make 4 in each tasting) To my disappointment

it was much better than any of the Nacional's(all 8 wines were sound).

2nd day-the first bottle is slightly corked-too bad under it is a great wine full body 17/20. But I can't drink

a corked wine.

Two different Bottles 1st btl.-WA import Nose:ok-normal Body: medium Taste: good but with an odd character? * Will see tomorrow. ------------------------------------------- 2nd btl.-just Oporto Nose: ok-normal Body: very full Taste: great-tannic Aftertaste: long-very tannic-needs 20 years but great...