1995 Churchill Quinta da Agua Alta VP
Ferreira 20 Year Old
Wiese & Krohn 30 Year Old
Cockburn Special Reserve
Noval Black
Andy Velebil wrote:and last night was a bottle of Cockburns Special Reserve. SO much better than it was several years ago. The Symington's have turned this back into a fantastic Ruby Reserve.
Last night I opened Quarles Harris 1977, Smith Woodhouse 1977, Gould Campbell 1977 and Smith Woodhouse 1983 as my contributions to a QH / SW / GC triple vertical from 1970 to 1994.
I opened and consumed with pleasure a 2003 Graham LBV. It was opened and decanted about 5 hours before drinking. I've drunk this several times before, and this bottle was true to earlier experiences. I'll probably open and decant long next time. I liked sampling figs with this best, but I found that slices of Honeycrisp apple (mild mottled red and green apple) brought out some other flavors of the port in a good way. I had never had apple with Port and was surprised that this worked at all. I expected an unpleasant clash between the apple and the Port.
Smith Woodhouse 1991 VP. We brought the bottle to a restaurant, and the wine steward decanted it on our arrival, giving it about two hours before we started to drink it. Smooth, fruity, and enjoyable, but not very complex.
Well, I didn't open the bottle, but our favorite local restaurant is now stocking Quinta de Santa Eufemia Fine White Port, and I must say that for a NV, non-indication of age white in the $11-$15/bottle range, it is quite nice.
We were thirsty tonight and after the bottle of 1977 Quarles Harris which showed as well as I could possibly have expected, in the same vein as Warre from the same vintage; we then had a 20 year old Ramos Pinto Tawny.
Hurrah!
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