For The Love Of Port

I think that "Frank" may refer to Frank Yeatman, who did work on grape varieties with Taylor. Perhaps the number refers to a grape variety.

Gary Banker

Bruce,

From the oldest to newest:

1920 Blandy's Bual
1926 Barbeito Verdelho
1948 Barbeito Malvasia
1954 Barbeito Malvasia
1954 Leacock Terrantez - my favorite
1968 D'Oliveira Bual

Gary Banker

I recently picked up two bottles of 1994 Malvasia Colheita 18a. When opened on Saturday, it had good fragrance, pleasant flavor, and a short finish. After four days at 62 F, the flavor has opened up and the finish is longer. Bottled in 2004. 1,540 bottles (500ml). I would like to find this in the US...

My all-time favorite is 1954 Leacock Terrantez. It was a little sweeter than I had expected. I had it about 7-8 years ago.

1920 Blandy Bual was a close second.

Gary

Roy, I ordered four bottles of d'Oliveira '77 Bual. I also thought that the prices were high (Rare Wine company has the '77 Terrantez for $95), but I hadn't seen this elsewhere and it's my son's birth year. Thanks for the effort, and please continue. Madeira is too difficult to find and the prices h...