For The Love Of Port

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And THAT wine, my friend is as close as I have to a birth year wine for me - it's a beauty!

Luc, Thanks for all your contributions to the site, and on behalf of all completely insane Port addicts here behind the scenes (um...that would be Roy, Andy and me) - HAPPY B-DAY!

Please post back here and let us know how the event turned out. Would love any great ideas that you came up with around the tasting itself - placemats, etc.

As I said, I'll be following in your footsteps and hosting one of these in the near future...

There is a font compatibility problem with right now when you click the little "PDF" icon and try to get a pdf of the existing page. We are working on a fix for this, but it's a slightly convoluted solution. Please bear with us. You are the second person to want to download the Top 12 VPs ...

Welcome to FTLOP, Cary. Can you be more specific as to what kind of information you are looking for on these wines? If you are looking for their market value, search for the wines on winesearcher.com. If you are looking for tasting notes on these wines, you can: 1) View Roy's professional tasting no...

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I'm also in the process of organizing a Port Tasting for my beer drinking friends, and have much of my lineup set, but this thread sparked the idea for the following question: You are throwing a Port Tasting for non-Port drinkers. What types and particular Ports would you line up for them. Obviously...

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Nose is a little closed, but some raspberry on the palate with some alcohol. Medium long finish with heat that continies on throught the end. 89 points (2/1/08)

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Dark plum color. Cassis and slight spice on the nose. Heat on the approach. Prune on the mid-palate and a medium long finish with a touch of heat. The heat dissipated after some swirling in the glass. 92 points. 10/4/2007

Reddish with brown/orange tones. Dark fruit on the nose. Firm tannins on the mid-palate. Medium-long finish with a slight touch of spice on the finish. 91 points. 10/4/2007

Color is a dark, almost opaque, purple. Blackberry nose. Good tannins on the mid-palate. Good mouthfeel with some residual fruit and a long finish. Good structure. It probably could benefit from some more time, though. 95 points. 10/4/2007

Medium dark purple in color. Violets and great primary fruit! Great balance of acidity and tannins. Expansive palate - like biting a plum. 93 points. 10/4/2007

Very dark, almost opaque in color. Grape jam on the palate, giving way to tannins on the mid-palate and smooth finish. 96 points. 10/4/2007

Fruit on the nose still needs a little integration. Swirling the glass produces some grapiness. Surprisingly integrated tannins and fruit on the palate, though. Finish turns big and tannic. 94 points. 10/4/2007