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- Sun Jul 30, 2023 9:05 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Is TCA in corks going down?
- Replies: 12
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Re: Is TCA in corks going down?
Cork TCA is definitively going down. I remember when I started drinking and collecting wines over 20 years ago, I would get one bottle corked per 2 weeks minimum. It was easily 3-5% of faulty wines. Nowadays, from what I drink, I'd say less than 1%. Yes wineries can introduce the flaw. Actually, rec...
- Fri Jun 02, 2023 5:45 am
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: What Port(s) have you purchased this week?
- Replies: 4172
- Views: 850551
Re: What Port(s) have you purchased this week?
Yummy, that special reserve white!!! I wish I could taste this again!
- Wed May 31, 2023 10:42 am
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: What Port(s) have you purchased this week?
- Replies: 4172
- Views: 850551
Re: What Port(s) have you purchased this week?
Quinta do Bomfim 2013, I'm curious as 2013 was very challenging but if good stuff was harvested before the rain, it can be stellar!
- Tue May 02, 2023 1:47 am
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: What have you opened this week?
- Replies: 5780
- Views: 1125153
Re: What have you opened this week?
LBV 2018 from Niepoort, really nice QPR, same with Andresen 10 years old white, probably the best out there. Look for the Barao de Vilar 10 y.o. white if you can find it. I think it's better than the Andresen. I'll try again, haven't tasted it in a very long time. Shouldn't be hard to find here in ...
- Mon May 01, 2023 5:36 am
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: What have you opened this week?
- Replies: 5780
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Re: What have you opened this week?
LBV 2018 from Niepoort, really nice QPR, same with Andresen 10 years old white, probably the best out there.
- Sun Apr 09, 2023 1:37 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: discovered a leaker
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1637
Re: discovered a leaker
I'd recork like Eric mentions. You need to find a really good wax, like the Kopke style too. To recork, buy a very young high quality wine and put that cork on your leaking bottle. You could also open a younger Graham's Vintage at the same time and top your leaking bottle with this. This is sometim...
- Fri Apr 07, 2023 3:37 am
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: discovered a leaker
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1637
Re: discovered a leaker
I'd recork like Eric mentions. You need to find a really good wax, like the Kopke style too. To recork, buy a very young high quality wine and put that cork on your leaking bottle. You could also open a younger Graham's Vintage at the same time and top your leaking bottle with this. This is sometime...
- Tue Mar 21, 2023 3:55 am
- Forum: Madeira Forum
- Topic: What Madeira Have You Opened This Week?
- Replies: 734
- Views: 181397
Re: What Madeira Have You Opened This Week?
Picked up a few bottles of Colheita 2016 Malmsley from Blandy's. at 13euros per bottle, it is a bargain! Great complexity already for such a young Madeira.
- Sun Mar 05, 2023 2:16 pm
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: 1964 Niepoort Garrafeira
- Replies: 2
- Views: 670
Re: 1964 Niepoort Garrafeira
It does indeed looks like a bad bottle. Can you share a photo? Normally the 1964 has XXXs on the decanting date. Just to confirm you did not have a fake. Like on this photo, this is what I normally expect from the 1964 https://www.custojusto.pt/lisboa/desporto-lazer/vinho-gastronomia/porto-niepoort-...
- Sat Mar 04, 2023 5:15 am
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: What have you opened this week?
- Replies: 5780
- Views: 1125153
Re: What have you opened this week?
Perfectly matured for my palate half bottle of Vargellas 2005. Ripe, floral and complex!
- Wed Feb 15, 2023 2:58 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: What have you opened this week?
- Replies: 5780
- Views: 1125153
Re: What have you opened this week?
Niepoort 1997 Colheita, a very elegant one!
- Sun Jan 29, 2023 3:27 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Corked bottle refund
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1407
Re: Corked bottle refund
They could have helped you out but if they had a policy of making whole everyone who bought a corked bottle, they couldn't stay in business. I think this is a very bad statement without any backing proof. Burmester and Sogevinus and very profitable and corked wines represent less than 2% of the win...
- Sun Jan 29, 2023 1:57 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Corked bottle refund
- Replies: 7
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Corked bottle refund
2 weeks ago I bought a bottle of Burmester 40 years old. Unfortunately it was corked. I went to the Burmester shop in Vila Nova de Gaia and after a few ''sorry I don't know what to do with this'' someone finally called her manager and the answer is ''our company does not offer refund for corked bott...
- Sun Jan 15, 2023 2:11 am
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Advices for my Barros Vintage 1980
- Replies: 2
- Views: 872
Re: Advices for my Barros Vintage 1980
I agree with Mike. Also, looking at the IVDP seal color, it could have spend some good time in a window catching the sun. It would also explain the signs the of leakage as bottle standing up often gets their cork dry and then once it returns to a proper position in the cellar they do leak. Barros 19...
- Tue Jan 10, 2023 11:09 am
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: What Port(s) have you purchased this week?
- Replies: 4172
- Views: 850551
Re: What Port(s) have you purchased this week?
Burmester 40 Tawny bottled 1990 Burmester 1989 Colheita bottled 1997 Ferreira 20 years old Duque de Bragaça bottled 1991 I'm a big fan of bottled aged Tawnies, I never had the Ferreira before with so many years, it should be popped soon. When I can get those oldies cheeper than the new release, it i...
- Tue Jan 10, 2023 9:11 am
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: What have you opened this week?
- Replies: 5780
- Views: 1125153
Re: What have you opened this week?
Niepoort LBV 2018, nicely done, probably better than 2017
- Thu Dec 22, 2022 1:24 pm
- Forum: Port Tasting Notes
- Topic: NV Quevedo 10 Year Old Tawny Port Tinta Francisca
- Replies: 1
- Views: 350
Re: NV Quevedo 10 Year Old Tawny Port Tinta Francisca
I had tried this one after bottling and I thought it was very educationnal to see what this grape could bring to Port. I felt it was very spicy/peppery for a Tawny.
- Fri Dec 16, 2022 4:59 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: What have you opened this week?
- Replies: 5780
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Re: What have you opened this week?
Niepoort Colheita 2007, nice complex and fresh but looks old already...
- Mon Dec 12, 2022 11:56 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: What tasting glasses are available these days?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1112
Re: What tasting glasses are available these days?
ISO glasses are quite effective for group tastings. I am now in love with Gabriel glasses. One glass to fit them all, it works!Eric Ifune wrote: ↑Mon Dec 12, 2022 4:25 pm If just for tasting, I like the iso glasses. For drinking, white wine glasses.
- Mon Dec 12, 2022 1:27 pm
- Forum: Port Forum
- Topic: Vintage Chart for Colheita?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1500
Re: Vintage Chart for Colheita?
I feel for Colheita it would be hard to define. It is easy to define a year that was generally qualitative for Vintage Port. But what you need for great Colheita can be found in almost any harvest. You basically don't want to start with a wine that has the structure of Vintage Port and then you have...