For The Love Of Port

I don't seem to be able to get into the tasting notes anymore.

My first full case was Dow 1963, bought in 1975 for £36 from Corney & Barrow. I had the last bottle in 2003 and it could easily have done a further 20 years.

2000 LBV (bott. 2005) : Heavy rich nose but taste was a bit bland and flabby

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10 yr old Tawny : Light nutty nose, rather sweet but nutty taste

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20 yr old Tawny : slightly spirity nose, proper (i.e. not too heavy) fruit cake taste.

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2003 Quinta Dos Canais (60% Touriga Nacional) : Heavy rich violet nose then figs and violets, well balanced already showing signs of how it might mature. (This was good value and I did buy some). This tasting note is one of several related tasting notes. Click [here] to see the original note in cont...

2003 VP : Even more figs and violets on the nose, despite being more closed than the Canais it was fuller, rounder and more balanced

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2000 VP : very figgy nose, very closed, but all there in every respect.

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1977 VP : spirity nose, light but a very great sweetness that seems to me to characterise the '77s. Better than Warres but not as good as Grahams (both of which I have tried in the last month). NB The observant amongst you will have remembered that Cockburn did not declare a vintage in 1977; none-th...

1983 : Excellent all round, will definitely keep, not as good as the Grahams '83 but still excellent.

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1963 : Completely balanced, outsatnding, 'tho not quite as good as the only other '63 of which I have experience, Dow.

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Thank you all for the information. I have bought a six bottle case.

Has anybody had this recently? Lay & Wheeler are selling 6 bottle cases at £12 per bottle which seems quite reasonable.
Any thoughts on how long it might keep?
Thanks.

I've had some three cases of Warres 1977, all well stored. By the end all were weeping and the corks were in poor condition. The wine was OK but nowhere near as good as the original hype or the current price. If you can get them at around £30 a bottle it might be worth buying a few.

I have a fairly selfish attitude to this question. I assume that I'm immortal and thus I will continue to buy and consume port regardless of my age. If events prove otherwise then my daughter (b.1977) and son-in-law will have whatever is left.

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I remember Bruce Guimaraens being asked this question at a tasting of his ports and replying that he hadn't a clue - he had never had one open longer than two hours.

I would go for the zero option. I had three cases of this wine and overall they have been a disappointment. I had the penultimate bottle two nights ago and found it very spirity with little fruit left. For the past year, I have not got a cork out whole and many of them are weepy. I would only consid...

Richard you're almost right. In fact the gentlemen remained at the dining table and enjoyed their port and/or brandy and cigars, while the ladies withdrew. When the gentlemen had had their fill, the time honoured remark was 'Shall we join the ladies?'