Moses Botbol wrote: ↑Mon Feb 27, 2023 7:15 am
Interesting. Thanks for the ranking. We don't discuss ruby reserve rankings much.
I've been leaning towards ruby reserve over LBV's recently. Noval Black and Six Grapes are our my go to's. Had 25+ year old Six Grapes that showed terrific. Plenty of bottle aging potential.
I've been tasting LBVs properly, side-by-side and blind, but the ruby reserves I'm drinking one at a time non-blind so do take the rankings with a grain of salt.
GSG is probably the one that can age the most for sure and is solid. I enjoyed the flavor profile of the QVDM and Sandeman a bit more, but they will age a bit less. All of them I would define as enjoyable, even the Bin 27 was better the next day.
Glenn E. wrote: ↑Mon Feb 27, 2023 11:35 am
Those 2 were the inspiration for the
Ruby Reserve Taste-Off back in 2012. There were 6 tastings held around the world during that event. It's been 10+ years now, maybe it's time to do another one?
That sounds fun. That's a long time and one might expect different results.
I had read that thread before looking for recommendations, the First Estate and Warre's Warrior are on my to-try list. Unless I searched winesearcher improperly, it seemed to me that Kopke Reserve Ruby was EU only. I also looked for the Dow Trademark Reserve and it seems a bit hard to come by relative to the others, at least here on the east coast. I am also intrigued by the SW Lodge Reserve and Portal 27 Grapes, which can be found. There are so many solid ports to try. Darn those liver and wallet bottlenecks!