This is an article about the expensive Ports being released by the Symington Family Estates and The Fladgate Partnership.
While I totally disagree with the author of this article re: her views on the taste of the Krohn's 1863 that will be released under the Taylor's name, there are some other controversial opinions here that are worth the read.
Good discussion point Roy. I am slightly surprised to see Paul so candid about Adrian Bridge; I didn't see this article in the print edition. It doesn't seem to say very much; but I can confirm that the Ne Oublie is a really fantastic port and one would never guess it to be so old.
I have had this Port on a couple of occasions and this notation was made the first time, back during the very first Port Harvest Tour in 2005:
This is the kind of story I will tell my grandkids some day. This juice was vinified in 1882 and sat in a Rio Torto farmer's property until 1970 the same year the Symingtons bought Grahams. They bought all five smaller than normal pipes of this incredible nectar that the farmer was selling to pay for his daughter's wedding. The Symingtons never did bottle the juice and so it sits, at least two of the casks do, in an office just outside of the tasting room. We were most fortunate to be invited to try this fabulous treat. Coincidentally, or maybe not, the 1882 vintage was vinified during latter stages of Phylloxera in the Douro, also was the year that Andrew James Symington arrived in Oporto from Scotland.
Wasn't it Wiese&Krohn who registered the 1863 and not Taylor,Fladgate? They just bought the already registered wine.
Sounds like the author is stirring the pot.
I also don't agree with her note, although we did have the 1863 twice and it was better the second time after a bit of aeration. The first time was directly from cask and had a bit of tankiness.
Interesting. The article comes off as if she published the private part of a conversation because she seems to have an axe to grind with Adrian B. At least that's it how it reads to me.
I do agree that it seems she is just stirring the pot, but given the strong lead-in from Roy, I'm more with Daniel overall. The article really just doesn't say much.
