Andy Velebil wrote:And how was the '87 Vargellas. I've got a bottle but don't think I've had it in a decade or more.
You had it on 1 Mar 2014, at your house; but it was a corked bottle, so maybe that doesn't count.
I opened my last of a large auction lot of Ferreira Duque de Bragança 20 Year Old Tawny. This one is showing very nicely despite a fair bit of bottle age.
Must have been traumatized and blocked that horrible corked bottle experience from my brain HAHAHAHA.
40 Anos Palmer Tawny Port
40 Anos Quinta do Romaneira Tawny Port
40 Anos Ramos Pinto Tawny Port #230 Jubilee
10 Anos Quinta das Lamelas Tawny Port
30 Anos Quinta das Lamelas Tawny Port
30 Anos Quinta das Lamelas White Port
Vasques de Carvalho Special Reserve White
S. Leonardo Tawny Port
10 Anos S. Leonardo Tawny Port
1986 Graham's Colheita
1974 Warre's LBV
1985 Ramos Pinto LBV
1937 Ramos Pinto Colheita
1999 Fonseca Quinta do Panascal VP
Recent club tasting Niepoort theme
All the tawnies were old bottlings 60-70's mostly
1997 Niepoort VP
1987 Niepoort VP
1977 Niepoort VP
1970 Niepoort VP
Niepoort Ruby (Bottled in the 50's)
The wines were so close in color, style and taste. I was expecting the Cockburn to be richer style, but they were hard to tell apart! Only the slightest of margin went to the Croft.
This LBV rocks and is in a perfect place right now. Tastes like mature ready to drink ruby. Can't find any fault with this port and it took 2 days open to really shine. Great port & $120 a case of 12. Each bottle comes in its own gift box.
For post Christmas dinner, I opened a Dow '63 and a Graham '60. They both sat in the decanter for about 3.5 hours before we had them with a bourbon chocolate pecan pie. Both were good but the Dow was a little bit smoother then the Graham which was a little more fragrant on the nose, but slightly more alcoholic on the finish.
"I have often thought that the aim of Port is to give you a good and durable hangover, so that during the next day you should be reminded of the splendid occasion the night before." - Hungarian/British journalist & author George Mikes
on Christmas eve, I opened up a 1963 Avery's VP, it seemed a tiny bit corked. Yesterday, after Christmas dinner, we had a 1995 Kopke VP, and later on the evening I returned to the 1963, which seemed to have improved a bit (still not a great showing but quite enjoyable).
Visiting my parents for the week. Apparently I’ve been rubbing off on Mom, I discovered a few LBV’s in the liquor cabinet. I took the liberty of decanting a 2011 Crasto LBV for her, enjoying it now. :)
Mike K. wrote:Visiting my parents for the week. Apparently I’ve been rubbing off on Mom, I discovered a few LBV’s in the liquor cabinet. I took the liberty of decanting a 2011 Crasto LBV for her, enjoying it now. :)
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