What Port(s) have you purchased this week?
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I picked up a 2005 Taylor Fladgate LBV at Trader Joe's for $19.99. It was bottled in 2011 so should be interesting to try.
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One experience, documented here. That was a 40 year old with 21 years in the bottle.Gerwin de Graaf wrote:Anyone have any experiences with aged Tawnies that have been bottled that long ago?
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Found a couple of bottles of Offley 'Baron of Forrester' 20 Year Tawny that were on sale. Bottled in 2004 so it's not very fresh but at $24 I'm not complaining.
Mahmoud.
Mahmoud.
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I just got to try a 25-yr old Colheita that had been in bottle for and additional 22 years. TN will be posted soon!Eric Menchen wrote:One experience, documented here. That was a 40 year old with 21 years in the bottle.Gerwin de Graaf wrote:Anyone have any experiences with aged Tawnies that have been bottled that long ago?
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Re: What Port(s) have you purchased this week?
13 x Taylors 2001 Vargellas
4 x Taylors 2004 LBV
Costco in Melbourne still 2001 Vargellas available, and they had also dropped the price $38 au (I can't even buy most LBVs that price here). 13 bottles later I believe they are now out of stock. I suspect that selling port to the costco crowd in Australia is a tough ask, so I won't expect to see it again. The LBV was extremely cheap by Australian standards too. I did leave a few bottes of that behind though.
4 x Taylors 2004 LBV
Costco in Melbourne still 2001 Vargellas available, and they had also dropped the price $38 au (I can't even buy most LBVs that price here). 13 bottles later I believe they are now out of stock. I suspect that selling port to the costco crowd in Australia is a tough ask, so I won't expect to see it again. The LBV was extremely cheap by Australian standards too. I did leave a few bottes of that behind though.
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5 x Infantado LBV 2001. 375 ml
Tasted at the local shop and thought it was a good deal at 11$
Tasted at the local shop and thought it was a good deal at 11$
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My wife and I came home from FTLOP Harvest Tour 2011 with the following ports:
6 x 2009 Quinta do Crasto vintage port
1 x 2004 Fonseca Quinta do Panascal vintage port
1 x 1999 Graham’s Quinta dos Malvedos vintage port
1 x 1998 Niepoort Colheita
2 x 1996 Quinta do Crasto LBV (37,5 cl)
1 x NV Graham’s The Tawny (apparently abt 8 years old)
2 x NV Villar d’Allen 20 yrs old tawny
2 x NV Brunheda 40 yrs old tawny
6 x 2009 Quinta do Crasto vintage port
1 x 2004 Fonseca Quinta do Panascal vintage port
1 x 1999 Graham’s Quinta dos Malvedos vintage port
1 x 1998 Niepoort Colheita
2 x 1996 Quinta do Crasto LBV (37,5 cl)
1 x NV Graham’s The Tawny (apparently abt 8 years old)
2 x NV Villar d’Allen 20 yrs old tawny
2 x NV Brunheda 40 yrs old tawny
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3 x 2005 Dow LBV, 375s at $11.20 each.
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3 x 2007 Quinta do Vale Meao through LCBO (there are 3 more in stock at an Oakville LCBO if anyone is interested)
I've also discovered that the LCBO just received a substantial number of 1997 Dow's so I'll probably grab a few of those as well.
I've also discovered that the LCBO just received a substantial number of 1997 Dow's so I'll probably grab a few of those as well.
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6 x 2003 Quinta do Noval vintage for $57/bottle.
Seems like the price is dropping for this particular vintage, is there something wrong with it or is it simply time to stock up?
Seems like the price is dropping for this particular vintage, is there something wrong with it or is it simply time to stock up?
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Time to stock up Actually, they changed importer and the old one blew them out at crazy cheap prices. So stock up on all you can afford and then some, it's a killer VP!jean p wrote:6 x 2003 Quinta do Noval vintage for $57/bottle.
Seems like the price is dropping for this particular vintage, is there something wrong with it or is it simply time to stock up?
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But that might unbalance your cellar...[thread drift ]Andy Velebil wrote:So stock up on all you can afford and then some, it's a killer VP!
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Unbalanced is better than emptyAl B. wrote:But that might unbalance your cellar...[thread drift ]Andy Velebil wrote:So stock up on all you can afford and then some, it's a killer VP!
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Hear, hear. Time to loosen the purse strings.Eric Menchen wrote:Unbalanced is better than emptyAl B. wrote:But that might unbalance your cellar...[thread drift ]Andy Velebil wrote:So stock up on all you can afford and then some, it's a killer VP!
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My brother came to visit and brought me a bottle of 2004 Quinta do Noval LBV!! Looking forward to tasting this as I understand Noval has changed how this is produced (all their own grapes from a single quinta) & foot-trodden. Also, the label is different than prior LBV years of 1001 and 2003--all black where was white.
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Warre's 2006 LBV - i can't find any info on it; including the Warre's website - it doesn't say it's unfiltered like previous Warre's LBV.
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interesting, can you post (or email me) a picture of the label?dom carter wrote:Warre's 2006 LBV - i can't find any info on it; including the Warre's website - it doesn't say it's unfiltered like previous Warre's LBV.
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here you go!
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What Port(s) have you purchased this week?
1931 Quinta Do Noval
Got it in a auction
Got it in a auction
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