What Port(s) have you purchased this week?

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Glenn E. wrote:
Moses Botbol wrote:Was the first time trying it as well. I was expecting it to be bigger than it was. Still youngish, but I don't see it as a bottle that will age as well as lets say an '85 Fonseca or even '70 Taylor...
Huh. Interesting. I haven't had it for a while, but it has usually seemed like a 50-year monster to me. That said, we had a bad bottle at the '94 horizontal in 2014 (89 pts), and my only TN in the TNDB was at Andy's (96 pts) and had me confused about it possibly being early maturing... so who knows?
I'd give it like a 92 points, but when there is so much hype surrounding this vintage, I was expecting to be blown away.
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Picked up some Ramos Pinto 30 year old.
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Glenn E. wrote:Moses just gets the most ridiculous prices...
Here was our line up with prices attached to the bottles

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A couple of us got a 6 pack of 1994 Ramos Pinto and 4 Ferreira.
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Picked up a 1960 Niepoort Colheita for cheap...
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Had a 1990 Quinta de la Rosa LBV at a restaurant for $25 a bottle. Very harmonious port with great color and really smooth. One of the best LBV's I have had in a long time. Worth picking up if you can find them.
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Quinta Santa Eufemia 10YO White Port
Fonseca 20YO Tawny Port

1966 Dow's Vintage Port (Old Danish bottling)
1960 Cocburn's Vintage Port (3)(Old Danish bottlings)
1981 Quinta do Infantado Vintage Port
1981 Niepoort LBV
2003 Quinta Seara d'Ordens LBV

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Thomas V wrote:Quinta Santa Eufemia 10YO White Port
Fonseca 20YO Tawny Port

1966 Dow's Vintage Port (Old Danish bottling)
1960 Cocburn's Vintage Port (3)(Old Danish bottlings)
1981 Quinta do Infantado Vintage Port
1981 Niepoort LBV
2003 Quinta Seara d'Ordens LBV

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Unique bottle shape for both vintages
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Moses Botbol wrote: Unique bottle shape for both vintages
They are old champagne bottles [shok.gif]
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Thomas V wrote:
Moses Botbol wrote: Unique bottle shape for both vintages
They are old champagne bottles [shok.gif]
Both are great vintages as well. Very neat.
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20YO Fonseca Tawny Port (2003 bottling)
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I took delivery yesterday of three bottles of Warre 1969 Traditional LBV, bottled 1973. While not the oldest LBV I have ever owned or drunk, it is the oldest of the Warre Traditional LBVs I have ever seen and pretty rare to find a 1969 vintage port.
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2007 Dalva White Colheita
1994 Warre's Vintage Port (I will drink this over the weekend)
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Ordered 6 x Cálem 2011 VP this weekend. Just waiting for confirmation on availability and delivery details. Got them at a nice price (just under €27 a bottle).

Update (Aug 23): Just received a message, that these were sold out unfortunately :(
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Nothing too exciting - 2011 Taylors LBV, which was £12.50 at Waitrose... seemed value!
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Gerwin de Graaf wrote:Ordered 6 x Cálem 2011 VP this weekend. Just waiting for confirmation on availability and delivery details. Got them at a nice price (just under €27 a bottle).

Update (Aug 23): Just received a message, that these were sold out unfortunately :(
He did have a couple of Cálem 2003 VP. I took all 4 off his hands :D
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Had appointment far from home, stopped for lunch and next door was a grocery store with liquor store so I went in. Surprised they had a 2009 Niepoort LBV so I took it off the shelf. Behind it was a stack of 2012 Niepoort LBVs to I took one of those as well. Will make a fine pair to taste.
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3 x 1997 Sandeman Vau VP
1 x 2011 Delaforce LBV
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2012 Tanners LBV (Graham's Vila Nova De Gaia).
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I got a bottle of Warre's Optima 10 year. Had to see what the fuss was about.

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