For The Love Of Port

Sipping on a Warre's Otima 10YO Tawny while contemplating what I will surprise my neighbour with for his 40th birthday next weekend. I don't have any port from 1982 so the options are between these 2. 1980 Smith Woodhouse VP 1983 Ramos Pinto VP Leaning towards the RP as it is more mature than the SW...

If we just stick with 10YO whites my personal rankings looks something like this. 1. Quinta das Lamelas. Superb quality for the money 2. Dona Otilla 3. Sao Leonardo 4. Blackett 5. Bulas At around the same price point I would also look at white colheitas from Dalva, Kopke and Maynard's. The 2003, 200...

10 year old White from Quinta das Lamelas. Quite possibly the best 10YO white on the market. Hot dang it is good. [kez_11.gif] That is currently my favourite 10yo white! I drink a couple of cases a year - with quite a lot of help from the wife. Bought 2 bottles. The first was gone in a whiff and I ...

10 year old White from Quinta das Lamelas. Quite possibly the best 10YO white on the market. Hot dang it is good.

Cheers mate.

I passed it on. They live a few blocks from Vinopolis.

I agree with Eric VP: Oldest to youngest. Else the young ones would overpower your palate to enjoy the intricate nuances in the older VPs. Only relevant if you have VPs older than 30-40 years in the lineup. Colheita: Young to older typically. The really old ones are so rich and voluptuous that it wo...

I need an assist for a friend that lives in Portland, US. It is Fathers day on Sunday and she wants to get him a nice port for the occasion. (I got him into the stuff). She has only been able to find a Barros 20YO but he is more into ruby style. So a good LBV would be preferable. Could any of you po...

Smith Woodhouse 2009 LBV today as a warm up.

Tomorrow the finisher for a QPR tasting will be Smith Woodhouse 1970 VP. I am stoked about tasting it!!

My mission to port-convert my neighbour has completed. Yesterday without my doing he brought over a 30 Anos White from Quinta da Devesa to share and I returned the favour by opening a 1991 Andresen colheita. End of session we are both just smiling. [friends.gif] Both wines very on point and shows wh...

We had a 1997 Horizontal tasting in the UK this week. My contributions were bottled of Martínez 1997 and Quinta de Val da Figueira 1997. Your takeaways as in which are performing well at the minute and which are going to stand the test of time? It is a vintage I personally adore. Have a soft spot f...

1 x 1983 Croft Quinta da Roeda 12 x 1986 Graham's Malvedos 1 x 1998 Quinta do Crasto LBV Want to snatch that Crasto LBV off your hands [kez_11.gif] Should really have more LBVs with some age on hand. I love an LBV with 20 to 30 years of age on it. Especially when you bear in mind you only paid arou...

Mike J. W. wrote: ↑Mon May 23, 2022 7:03 pm 1 x 1983 Croft Quinta da Roeda
12 x 1986 Graham's Malvedos
1 x 1998 Quinta do Crasto LBV

Want to snatch that Crasto LBV off your hands Should really have more LBVs with some age on hand.

Small tasting at the "office" club.

10YO Vieira de Sousa White
1998 Andresen Colheita
2015 Quinta do Crasto LBV

The Andresen knocked it out the park. Excellent start to the weekend.

A small selection to introduce some co-workers further to port. I suspect they will like them

10YO White Vieira de Sousa
10YO White Quinta Santa Eufemia
1999 Wiese & Krohn Colheita
1998 Andresen Colheita
1998 Smith Woodhouse Madalena SQVP
2015 Quinta do Crasto LBV

Wasn't my bottle, but a 1997 Smith Woodhouse VP; and I can report that it is still very primary and powerful. Typical from SWC. Thanks for the update. I will lay off the 3 bottles I own for a considerable number of years, I have been quaffing on a few 2015 Quinta do Crasto LBV's currently. Packs qu...

Mike J. W. wrote: ↑Sun Mar 13, 2022 9:16 am 1 x 1983 Graham's VP
1 x 1985 Fonseca VP
1 x 1987 Niepoort VP

Classic haul. Really nice ports. Had them all multiple times over the last 5 years. The Niepoort should be drunk the fastest. The G83 really nice at the moment too.

Small Bring a Bottle tasting. All served 100% blind. 2005 Dow's Quinta do Bomfim SQVP 2002 Prelada LBV 1999 Smith Woodhouse Madalena SQVP 2018 Croft Quinta da Roêda SQVP 20YO Messias Tawny 20YO Andresen Tawny Butler Nephew Tawny Reserva The standouts for me were the Bomfim, Madalena & Andresen. ...

John M. wrote: ↑Thu Feb 24, 2022 7:42 pm 1 x 2014 Q. do Crasto LBV (I have an odd vertical of every Crasto LBV from 2004 thru 2014 now--one of the best QPRs out there IMHO)

Agreed. The 2011 Crasto was best in class for me.

I just picked up a few bottles of the 2015 Crasto LBV. Dang tasty.

Finally got my hands on the 2011 Alves de Sousa VP. Been looking for this for a while.A good deal at $50 per bottle.

Not much focus on the 2011 vintage in the market currently, might be time to add some more from this stellar vintage to my cellar.

That would be Blackett in retail. They have a 10, 20, 30 and 40YO Tawny as well as a 10YO White. What you can try if in Douro at the Quinta is a different story. Yep, what Thomas said. When we're talking about various Quinta de Brunheda Ports, we're talking about cask samples that were acquired at ...