For The Love Of Port

Barbeito 20 year old Bastardo. I love this stuff!

1912 D'Oliveiras Verdelho.

2008 DR white colheita.

Alan,
Nice. Christies has a case of old Port for me in London. Waiting for the weather here to cool before getting it sent.

I've only had the 1934 M Faja. Thought it was terrific if not top tier.
D'Oliverias do have casks of ABSL as well as their own wines in the old ABSL lodge.

Wasn't Quinta da Pedra the estate founded by Richard Mayson?

Hi Marco,
The 2001 Faja dos Padres was good. I think the 90 is better but I have to keep my vertical going! And there's so little of it.
The 50 Sercial MEF was purchased at Barbeito. Ricardo said it was fantastic but only a very few bottled. Didn't get to taste it though.

My haul from the Islands Tour. 2013 Czar Seco. JM Fonseca 30 YO Bastardinho, found an original bottling for the original price. Several years later, it's sold as a 40 year old and over double the price. 2007 Lajido Ilha do Pico vinho licoroso. 2021 Terrantez do Pico Ilha do Pico. 2021 Ameixambar Ari...

My haul from the Islands Tour.
Barbeito 20 YO Bastardo Meio Doce, 50 YO Tres Amigos Meio Doce, 50 YO Sercial MEF, 2001 Malvasia Candida Faja dos Padres;
1975 Cossart-Gordon Verdelho;
2002 ABSL Malvasia;
2005 Faja dos Padres.

Coming back home from Madeira, I transited in Porto. I had one slot left in the shipper. Went to the duty free and got a 1974 Barros Colheita.

From the Liberty Hall collection. Classic 3 part molded bottle. WR Travers was a 19th century shipper. "Antelope" the name of the ship bringing the wine in. A classic American glass aged Madeira. Unfortunately a style extinct after Prohibition. The cork was removed in one piece. Looked per...

1838 WR Travers "Antelope" for my birthday. Note posted.

1930 Veira Franca Malvasia Solera. Note posted.

Opened for the 4th. A special bottle for me. It was one of the first bottles of Madeira my parents bought for me when I was starting my Madeira exploration 30 or so years ago. Tee type cork. Dark, burnished bronze color with golden rim. A hint of bottle stink but this eventually mostly blew off. Mus...

In Setubal, I'd recommend Hoacio Simoes.

An interesting youtube video sponsored by Taylor Fladgate.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcjqL5yAUnQ

2002 Barbeito Boal Colheita.