Robertson's Rebello Valente

Keith Levenberg · Post by **Keith Levenberg** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 9:28 pm

Does anybody know anything about this Port, which I have never heard of? Chambers Street in NYC has the 1977 for $80. As I am also of the 1977 vintage, I'm always on the lookout for a '77 Port worth trying.

Steven Kooij · Post by **Steven Kooij** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 12:34 pm

Keith, Robertson is owned by Sandeman, and (according to the experts) they used to make some good VPs. FWIW, JS rated the '77 89 points (in 1990).
I've only tasted the '80 and '83, and I thought they were both well past their peak. According to the Dutch importer, the '85 is the last VP produced, and the name is used (in The Netherlands at least) only for cheap white, ruby and tawny Ports. I would like to know whether Robertson still produces premium Ports for other markets?...

Jason Brandt Lewis · Post by **Jason Brandt Lewis** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 1:39 pm

Old labels never die -- well, OK; rarely -- they just get chosen for specific markets.

I have had a number of fine Robertson Vintage Ports over the years, but as Steve said, it's mostly a label used for lower-end Rubies and Tawnies. Vintage Ports occasionally show up at places like Trader Joe's . . .

Cheers,
Jason

Tom Archer · Post by **Tom Archer** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 4:30 pm

Rebello is a name of yesterday, but every ying has a yang...

It now trades at well below it's worth at auction -

- so buy and enjoy!

Tom Archer · Post by **Tom Archer** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 8:36 am

I note that Robertson's Rebello Valente was primarily sourced from Qta de la Rosa.

Rosa went solo in the mid eighties after RV began to lose it's reputation - believing that they could do a better job as an independant.

Most commentators agree that this has proved to be the case.

simon Lisle · Post by **simon Lisle** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 2:08 pm

I drunk an 83 only a fortnight ago it was very poor for a vp but as said its cheap enough to drink on a regular basis