What have you opened this week?

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Kopke 10 years
Niepoort 1987 vp
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Delaforce 1977 - tasty!
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Graham's 2006 LBV - not bad, but I prefer the Delaforce '77 that I opened last week.
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S. Leonardo 30 year old Tawny w/ Stewart during a 2012 FTLOP planning session.
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20 Year Old Villar d. Allen Tawny Port
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1974 Taylor Vargellas VP
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Dow's 1997 VP

I think this one is going through it's adolescent age period, but still quite nice.
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Kopke 1980 VP, to be stood up right today and to be opened (and enjoyed :yumyum: ) tomorrow in celebration of our 3,5 years wedding anniversary.

Any thoughts on the decant time? I was thinking about 5-7 hours (won't know exactly the decanting time, since we are going out for dinner first and I am planning to enjoy the VP once we get home again). [cheers.gif]
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Warre's Warrior
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Osborne 1991 LBV, bottled 1997. Way past its best, but still drinkable.
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1982 Dow's Colheita (bottled in 2005)

My first Port of 2012.

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Taylors Vintage 2009
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Slowly sipping a 30 year old Ramos Pinto Tawny Port during two NFL games. The first game scored as high as this Port!
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Morrison's own brand (cheapish supermarket in the UK) 2006 LBV : £9 (~$14) made by the "Symmington Family Estates" (suspect one of their lesser concerns) - this has been my "little find" of the 2011 xmas period - for the money; bloody lovely!!
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Warre's Bottle Matured LBV 1995 to watch the NFL Playoffs last night - excellent wine.
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1994 Cockburn VP
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2005 Dow's LBV, yes the UNfiltered one
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2007 Quinta do Vale Dona Maria LBV
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Tonight saw Derek pop round for a drink. We opened Real Vinicola 1983, De La Rosa 1991, Noval 1978 and Noval Nacional 1978.
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2001 Warre's LBV

Better the 2nd day. It needs a really long decant to show its best.
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