For The Love Of Port

my understanding of the 2011 vintage is that they released all they will so probably not going to future rerelease but someone can correct me as i'm fuzzy on where i heard this from. As with the other names you mentioned, I believe dows' was teh biggest production at 5000 cases witht he rest of them...

Eric: yea most likely Though, from my local shop I picked up the 2000, 03 and 07 for 50$/ piece on release. Miguel: Inflation is sitting right now at 1.2% I'm pretty sure the price increases of the big 2-3 names will easily beat inflation. Your statement also begs the question. Is nearly as high the...

Seems to me that prices are already going down. Got 4 x Cockburn for $50 already, feels a good deal below what was initially being offered. Someone seems to be wanting to get rid of theirs asap. Not sure what your sense is, but in my circles, people seem to not care much at all for Port. They like ...

I'd seriously doubt you can find any high scoring 94's at or near release price. Most of them have seen a 1.5-3x increase. What were the release prices? Here's what I've paid for some 1994s in the last 5 years: Burmester: $34 (retail) Fonseca: $98 (auction) Martinez: $32 (retail) Niepoort: $55 (ret...

The fonseca 2003 is still a stunning wine.

i put it at 96 on release

and now i'd put it even higher.

the 2003 taylor is a good wine but certainly not a 98 pter.

and I never hope to smell ceiling wax in my ports

I believe that you're going to miss the boat on the 2011s if you let them slide. The last "comparable" vintage that got as high ratings across the board was 1994. Even so the 2011s have higher critic scores than most. Vesuvio 98 pts Dow 99 pts Croft 96 pts Taylor/Fonseca 97-99 pts dependin...

actually i wonder if held back might be relative to whom one is speaking to in which case the distributors i talked with might have had it wrong. tfp i believe has 11k of taylor 6k of fonseca 5k of croft 310 cases of taylor vvv as they didn't tell me the actual numbers of "held back" i won...

Andy Velebil wrote: and given that most larger houses haven't held back reserves for later release, .

that's acutally not what i heard from the distributors. are you sure about this Andy?

If anything, you are always welcome to drink with me and my stash tom =)

i've got a case of every thing from TFP And symingtons with a few other houses from 2011 so far.

I still see a bunch of the 2011's, in 750 and 375, at The Chicago Wine Company. I don't have any affiliation, but I've never heard of them not filling a pre-arrival purchase. (I'm not sure how their prices are, as I'm not in the market so haven't really shopped around.) surprisingly, I dont bleieve...

I was talking to our local TFP distributor and they said they couldn't even accommodate all the requests for 2011 vintage; especially in half bottles. I was hoping to buy a couple of large formats and they weren't so sure they could get them at this point. This brings up an interesting topic. I was...

I don't know that I will ever really drink into anything beyond 1994, if that. I am fine with my daughter inheriting a great Port collection and knowing that I can do that for her, is something that keeps me buying in great years. I have purchased a few cases of 2011 overall and am thrilled to know...

I am grateful to the people who laid down bottles many years ago, that I enjoy today. I have no idea who will enjoy many of the younger bottles that I now lay down - to me that is not important. What is important is to bequeathe to future generations what our forebears have bequeathed to us. can i ...

I've just read a few of the FTLOP articles on the 2011 declaration and it sounds like something to buy. But I'm 61 years old and both of my children do not like port. Comparisons with 1994 are interesting, but I haven't yet opened my 1994s. Comparisons with 1966 are not helpful, because I will be 1...

4 x 2007 Taylor Fladgate LBV @ $11.70 each. The grocery store near my wife's office was closing out all of their Port, and these were the only bottles left that were actually at a good price. (A very good price at that.) Dear grocery store wine manager - $65 for Dow's 20-yr old Tawny Port is not a ...

Actually, I purchased it in the UK. I have been buying all of my 2011 VP futures in the UK. I'll be lucky if I have it in my hands in February! How do you get them "imported" into the US? Big hassle? Assume in volume should be cheaper by bypassing the importer, transport costs have to be ...

David Spriggs wrote:Actually, I purchased it in the UK. I have been buying all of my 2011 VP futures in the UK. I'll be lucky if I have it in my hands in February!

ah, yea, was going to say if you can get them state side already, I need to buy 2 for samples in ny!

David Spriggs wrote:6 x 2011 Quevedo Vintage Port (375ml)
6 x 2011 Quevedo Vintage Port (750ml)

Can't wait to try these!

these are already stateside?

where you get them!

I can't even get my hands on one until september

Roy Hersh wrote:: a 1940 White Colheita from a producer unfamiliar (was it Couchao) or something like that.

quinta do cachao of caves messia?

how was it?

i recall the 77 making my eyes twitch

With the tap of this very long scepter with the dragon's head representing the city of Porto, each Port house represented by an active member of the Confraria present, was called upon to bring up their 2011 Vintage Port and ceremoniously pour the full bottle into a 5 foot tall wine glass that proba...