What Port(s) have you purchased this week?

[John M.]

You outbid me on the Ramos Pinto.

I did? I didn't notice that there were other bids when I put mine in. It was a good price!

Maybe I'll get to share it with you at a tasting!

I like that idea Glenn! Been a long time.

Today I got 2 halves of 2011 Graham's VP on sale in Pennsylvania!

[Frederick Blais]

Niepoort Bioma 2016(20 times cheaper than 2017)
Niepoort Crusted bottled 2015

[Mike J. W.]

1 x 1970 Calem VP
2 x 1972 Offley Boa Vista VP
1 x 1980 Smith Woodhouse VP
1 x 1983 Gould Campbell VP
1 x 1986 Graham's Malvedos SQVP
1 x 1992 Cockburn Quinta dos Canais SQVP
1 x 1994 Offley Boa Vista VP
1 x 1994 Martinez VP
1 x 1994 Quinta do Noval VP
1 x 1997 Offley Boa Vista VP
1 x 2001 Fonseca Quinta Do Panascal SQVP

[Moses Botbol]

Kopke Tawny $23 locally at B&M

[Glenn E.]

1 x 1983 Gould Campbell VP

I almost bid on this bottle, too... glad I didn't! You got a nice haul.

[Mike J. W.]

1 x 1983 Gould Campbell VP

I almost bid on this bottle, too... glad I didn't! You got a nice haul.

Thanks. I was lucky to get some unique and older bottles that I'm looking forward to trying.
I know from what I've read that the '94 Noval is hit or miss, but I'm hoping it's a hit.

[Glenn E.]

1 x 1983 Gould Campbell VP

I almost bid on this bottle, too... glad I didn't! You got a nice haul.

Thanks. I was lucky to get some unique and older bottles that I'm looking forward to trying.
I know from what I've read that the '94 Noval is hit or miss, but I'm hoping it's a hit.

I don't recall hearing that about the '94... but the '97 on the other hand is either fantastic or terrible (flawed). There seems to be no in-between, and there are a lot more flawed bottles than there should be. It may not be to '83 Cockburn levels, but it's up there. It's not TCA, it's something else. Strong tar and/or burnt rubber smell that's so strong it invades the palate as well.

So far I've encountered 2 bad bottles and only 1 good bottle. (That I can recall.) It's expensive because it seems pretty rare, so not really worth the risk in my opinion.

[Tom Archer]

It's expensive because it seems pretty rare

It's only rare because the sales guy got carried away and sold it off cheap to the French, leaving the quinta with just 18 bottles. That scarcity then morphed into the idea that it was very special, but I've had it twice and was not impressed. The first bottle had lost a massive amount of colour (it was only about 16/17 years old at the time) and the second was seriously earthy - a problem I've encountered with N91 - and other 91's as well..

[Mike J. W.]

I read the comments on TPF about the '94. Some favorable and some not so much.

I have a few bottles of the '97. I opened one a year or two back and although it tasted okay, it clearly wasn't ready, so I probably won't try another one for at least 5 to 7 years.

[Mike J. W.]

2 x 1992 Taylor Fladgate LBV (these are the best LBV's I've ever had).
1 x 1992 Andresen Colheita (bottled 2007)
1 x 1994 Burmester VP
1 x 1997 Skeffington VP
2 x 2003 Smith Woodhouse LBV
1 x 2008 Quinta do Crasto LBV

[John M.]

Down near Trenton, NJ is a modest B&M that Mike J. W. and I frequent. A nice selection--the owner is trying to have a great Port collection to sell. Went by today on my travels and picked up a single bottle of a 2008 Warres LBV.....a new year I have not seen yet. Have seen lots of 2002 & 2003 here and there lately. I was there a month ago and picked up a few of the 2002s...so that's a nice 2 bottle tasting for the NJ Port Boys.

As much as online and auction is the best place to shop---I still love B&Ms. Much more tangible and real.

[Mike J. W.]

2 x 2000 Quinta de Ventozelo VP
1 x 1997 Churchill VP
2 x 1997 Quinta do Vesuvio SQVP

All purchased at the same B&M in Hyde Park, NY at very good prices.

[Mike J. W.]

6 x Porto Rocha Three Centuries Tawny (500 ml bottles) won at auction for a steal.

[J Kristiansen]

Graham's 90 years and Graham's Single Harvest 1969

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[Andy Velebil]

Graham's 90 years and Graham's Single Harvest 1969

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Nice!

[J Kristiansen]

A 4,5 L Graham's Single Harvest 1990 Lodge Edition..

So now the trio is together.. I do not think I have enough chocolate for all 3 bottles..

But it is always nice to have one bottle for when you are alone, one for when you get guests or one for when you get a lot of guests..

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[Glenn E.]

5 x 1985 Fonseca
1 x 1987 Taylor Vargellas
1 x 1991 Taylor Vargellas
1 x 1948 Graham

The G48 was expensive, but I still got it for less than what they usually go for. (As proven by the follow-up bottle that was auctioned the next week and sold for 50% more than I paid.) I also tried to get a G45, but that went from $765 to $1502 in the last 40 seconds of the auction.

[Eric Menchen]

But it is always nice to have one bottle for when you are alone, one for when you get guests or one for when you get a lot of guests..

Yes, you can enjoy that 4.5 l when you are alone, and when you have guests you can open the others, so they don't stick around too long

[Glenn E.]

6 x 1996 Krohn Colheita
1 x 1945 Dow

I didn't expect to get the Dow, but sometimes a lowball bid wins!

[Mike J. W.]

5 x 1985 Fonseca
1 x 1987 Taylor Vargellas
1 x 1991 Taylor Vargellas
1 x 1948 Graham

The G48 was expensive, but I still got it for less than what they usually go for. (As proven by the follow-up bottle that was auctioned the next week and sold for 50% more than I paid.) I also tried to get a G45, but that went from $765 to $1502 in the last 40 seconds of the auction.

Very nice haul. What auction was it?