Sugestions in 1969 & 1973

[Carlos Rodriguez]

Please any sugestions in 1969 & 1973 Port? :help:

[Erik Wiechers]

Hi Carlos,

what about:

1969 Kopke Colheita ?
1973 Nobal LBV ?
N.V. Casa de Sta. Eufemia White Port Special Reserve ?

regards

erik

[Glenn E.]

N.V. Casa de Sta. Eufemia White Port Special Reserve ?

Carlos,

The Casa de Santa Eufemia Special Reserve White Port is an amazing wine if you can find it. Erik recommends it because it is a well known "secret" that this wine is a 1973 White Colheita. Something wasn't filed correctly with the paperwork, though, so they cannot put the year on the label. The back label says only that it is more than 30 years old.

I believe that there is also a Quinta de Santa Eufemia version of the exact same wine, so look for both.

I purchased a bottle from AVEPOD in Porto last fall, and at the time Maria Teresa said that there's not much of it left. Good luck!

[Erik Wiechers]

Carlos,

this is the bottle im talking about.



Happy hunting.

[Moses Botbol]

Those are two tough years to find anything in port... Good luck. Can you compromise and go with 1970?

[Carlos Rodriguez]

I cann't. Those are birthday dates.

Erik, thank's for the foto.

[Glenn E.]

Carlos,

Garrafeira Nacional in Lisbon has a 1969 Warre's Reserva.

Clube Vinhos (the wine club for the Continente supermarket chain) has a 1969 Quinta Castelinho Colheita. My Portuguese is not very good, though, and I can't tell for sure if the listing is a Port or a Douro wine.

Messias and J.W. Hart both apparently bottled Vintage Ports in 1969. A few others bottled Colheitas, including Niepoort and Quinta S. Luiz.

1973 is much more difficult. I have seen reference to a 1973 Quinta do Noval SQVP and to 1973 Real Companhia Vehla and Real Vinicola Colheitas, but that's about it other than the Casa/Quinta de Santa Eufemia Special Reserve. By the way - the Santa Eufemia is sometimes listed as José viseu Carvalho & Filhos. There's one listed like that at Mesa Francesa in Lisbon.

[Carlos Rodriguez]

Thanks Glenn,

I just have seen Garrafeira Nacional web. Have you ever bought there?