For The Love Of Port

Next up will be a Warre's Otima 20 y.o. Tawny. That will be gone in a flash too [beg.gif] I wasn't expecting a lot, but it's actually pretty decent. I'd buy it again. I have had it numerous times as the Danish importer are friends of mine. I like that is fairly aged (as the colour reveals) and very...

Mike J. W. wrote: ↑Mon Jan 31, 2022 12:01 pm In the past few weeks:
2 x 1985 Warre's VP
7 x 1994 Graham's VP
2 x 1997 Quinta do Vesuvio SQVP

Some really nice QPR's you got there. I am a huge fan of all 3 of those ports. Great pickup.

Mike J. W. wrote: ↑Thu Feb 10, 2022 4:22 pm Next up will be a Warre's Otima 20 y.o. Tawny.

That will be gone in a flash too

Both Blackett and Sao Leonardo are for me in the tier 1 of blended tawnies with an indication of age. Doesn't hurt they blend in older stuff than needed.

Hey guys, so it turns out that those Tawny prices mentioned were for the 50cl bottles which makes it less attractive, but still I'm tempted. I remember to have seen some comments in the past here for Quinta Brunheda - would this be something interesting, too? No idea, so completely depending on you...

Blackett 10YO White, which is delicious.

Preparing half a bottle of 2015 Fonseca Guimaraens and a 1977 Quarles Harris for Friday's get together with my childhood friends.

It was a really nice night Mike, great wines all-round. The tasting theme was the that the 2 chairmen of our port club got to chose some favourites for the club to taste. So a bit of a mix of the different categories. I chose the 2017 Graham's, 1996 Vesuvio and the 1966 Wiese & Krohn. (The 1991 ...

Continuing to add 1997 VP's as they are very reasonably priced currently and will hit my preference for drinking just about when I am going to retire in 20 years from now [cheers.gif] 3x 1997 Warre's VP 3x 1997 Dow's VP 1x 1994 Graham's VP 1x 2000 Fonseca VP For leisurely drinking 6x 20YO Andresen W...

Found a picture of a 1977 Ferreira VP too and added it just for the documentation. Same bottle type and also wax neck.

Based on the bottle shape I would guess late 70's or 80's. That is based on that was also the period where Ferreira used the same bottle shape. At least for their VPs. As you may know Ferreira and Offley are both owned by Sogrape. So it makes sense in my mind. The 1975, 1982, 1985 and 1987 Ferreira ...

10YO I'd go with Blackett, DR or Warre's

20YO my top selections would be Bulas, Ramos Pinto and Dona Otília

1997 Dow's VP. Absolute beauty. A top port that will continue to improve. Was just so tasty that it was gone in 30 mins with 5 tasters. Dang

The question is: "What is your preference"? How do you like the taste profile of your VP? Once you have figured that out you need to identify how the VPs of the different brands age so you know when to drink what. The vintage plays a role also but modern wine making has taken some of the r...

Why did COVID shift you towards drinking more VP in your own home as opposed to tawny? Oops, I missed this question when you asked it! During the pandemic, I had a very small group that met semi-regularly to drink Port. We called it our "Port Pod" and it consisted only of other people who...

I went through some very similar thinking 10-15 years ago. I looked back at the bottles I had taken out of my collection in each of the previous 5-10 years for drinking at home or for sharing with others and concluded that I pull about 78 corks a year from my cellar (that’s 1.5 per week). Next I lo...

3 bottles of 2018 Croft Quinta da Roêda SQVP as a cellar defender. Won on auction at $40 each including shipping.

Congratulations! Thanks. With Denmark's advance into the semifinals of the European Championship I opened a newly purchased 1995 Churchill's Auga Alta (cellar defender). Pretty mature for its age with notes of rhubarb and strawberries. Still a little tannin left but this is probably nearing or at i...

Celebrating the birth of my daughter Hollie with a glass of 1997 Warre's VP.

Silky smooth entry with herbaceous scent, jammy fruit and a nice firm backbone of tannins and acidity. This is a great port which will grow old and become outstanding. 93 points today.

Eric Ifune wrote: ↑Tue Jun 22, 2021 3:19 pm Ramos Pinto Quinta de Ervamoira

That was the one I though of. But I might have asked a question that had more than one answer. As Ferreria has a Quinta do Porto 10 year old as well? So I guess since Eric M. was first he get to ask the next question?

All right

Which house makes a 10 year old single quinta tawny port?