What have you opened this week?
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2000 Quinta do Noval Colheita
30 Year Old Tawny Port by S. Leonardo
2007 Quinta do Crasto LBV
1985 Dow's Vintage Port - which was rocking!
30 Year Old Tawny Port by S. Leonardo
2007 Quinta do Crasto LBV
1985 Dow's Vintage Port - which was rocking!
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In honor of our most excellent Guest, Dominic Symington and his replies to me about LBVs I opened a 2007 Quarles Harris LBV last night.
Any Port in a storm!
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In decanters for tonight:
2011 Vintage Ports
Cockburn's
Croft
Dow's
Fonseca
Graham's
Pintas
Quinta do Portal
Taylor
Warre's
2011 Vintage Ports
Cockburn's
Croft
Dow's
Fonseca
Graham's
Pintas
Quinta do Portal
Taylor
Warre's
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This week was a multi VP week!
1970 Gonzalez Byass
1970 Offley Boa Vista
This weekend will be something cool for my friend's early Thanksgiving; '66 Grahams or '63 Croft. After this weekend I not expecting to drink much port until New Years
1970 Gonzalez Byass
1970 Offley Boa Vista
This weekend will be something cool for my friend's early Thanksgiving; '66 Grahams or '63 Croft. After this weekend I not expecting to drink much port until New Years

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1926 C. da Silva VP; a leaker, this one is looking quite tawny.
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How was the fill? And how did it taste?Eric Menchen wrote:1926 C. da Silva VP; a leaker, this one is looking quite tawny.
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November, saturday, rainy and windy. Dances with wolves on the dvd, and a bottle of Pocas Junior over 40 years old, bottled in 1984 in the decanter.
Extremely alive and kicking.
Good weekend
Allan
Extremely alive and kicking.
Good weekend
Allan
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1952 Graham's Commemoration bottling ... showing beautifully, but consumed quickly as it was so slurpable.
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1976 Rocha colheita.
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1964 Grahams Malvedos VP
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1991 Krohn's Colheita (Tasting note posted)
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Offley Colheita 1998. I bought this from a TallinkSilja ferry (Finland-Sweden) where I often purchase port wines as they have a different selection compared to the Finnish monopoly store. Previously the vintage was 1997 and I was surprised that it had changed. However, I find the 1998 just as good as the 1997.
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Royal Oporto Colheita from 1999, bottled in 2013. I remember enjoying a bit more of their 2000 Colheita.
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1996 Quinta do Crasto LBV
1952 Graham's Single Harvest Tawny
1952 Graham's Single Harvest Tawny
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1958 Quinta do Noval da Silvas. I didn't open it but my brother-in-law was generous enough to pop this for Thanksgiving.
I thought this was a Colheita before he pulled the cork, but it was a Vintage. Opened up a bit and the heat diminished after a few hours in the decanter and turned out to be quite pleasant. Really interesting label that I hadn't seen before. I would post the photo, but I have never been successful at that on this forum.
I thought this was a Colheita before he pulled the cork, but it was a Vintage. Opened up a bit and the heat diminished after a few hours in the decanter and turned out to be quite pleasant. Really interesting label that I hadn't seen before. I would post the photo, but I have never been successful at that on this forum.
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Just sipping a White Quinta do Mourão. Specially deliverered from Portugal, by a good friend.
I have maby had 100 bottles of port over the last two years, and the average age of the juice, has been around 50 years. And I am getting used drinking theese old bottles.
I do not know how long this Mourão has been in a barrol, But for sure not 50 years.
One thing I know, this bottle could be stored away for many years, and brought to attention in 2070. What a powerhouse of taste, fruity, fullyfbodied.
Just looking like liquid amber in the glass.
A beauty!
Allan
I have maby had 100 bottles of port over the last two years, and the average age of the juice, has been around 50 years. And I am getting used drinking theese old bottles.
I do not know how long this Mourão has been in a barrol, But for sure not 50 years.
One thing I know, this bottle could be stored away for many years, and brought to attention in 2070. What a powerhouse of taste, fruity, fullyfbodied.
Just looking like liquid amber in the glass.
A beauty!
Allan
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IIRC, this is a basic White from him. To my knowledge he does not have any old white Ports, unless he's acquired some recently from other sources.Allan Engelsted Laurents wrote:J
I do not know how long this Mourão has been in a barrol, But for sure not 50 years.
Allan
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1980 Warre's VP
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1970 Grahams VP
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A couple 1/2 bottles of Fonseca Bin 27
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Andy Velebil Good wine is a good familiar creature if it be well used. William Shakespeare http://www.fortheloveofport.com