Re: What have you opened this week?
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 5:21 am
Kopke Colheita 2000
Vieira de Sousa 10 year tawny
Vieira de Sousa 10 year tawny
1976 Kopke
2007 Fonseca LBV
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Re: What have you opened this week?
Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2013 11:09 am
Re: What have you opened this week?
Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2013 11:38 am
Just my daily standby, Graham's Six Grapes.
Re: What have you opened this week?
Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2013 12:15 pm
1977 Warre's Vintage Port
Re: What have you opened this week?
Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2013 3:34 pm
At a Taylor vertical last week my contributions were the 1920, 1950 Special Quinta, 1976 Vargellas and 1977 (which was corked!)
Re: What have you opened this week?
Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2013 3:57 pm
and a good standby it is :)Michael T wrote:Just my daily standby, Graham's Six Grapes.
Re: What have you opened this week?
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 12:27 pm
30 Year Old Tawny from Quinta do Javali ![[cheers.gif]](./images/smilies/cheers.gif "Toast")
Re: What have you opened this week?
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 5:12 pm
How was this? It's not a Port we see here in the States and I've only had limit experience with some of their Ports when I've been in Portugal.Eric C wrote:30 Year Old Tawny from Quinta do Javali
Re: What have you opened this week?
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 9:43 pm
1985 Graham's Vintage Port.
Re: What have you opened this week?
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 9:52 pm
Quevedo 10 year old Tawny Port
Re: What have you opened this week?
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2013 5:12 am
Noval Black (been awhile since I last had one...I can report it's still very good)
Re: What have you opened this week?
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2013 1:22 pm
Their 30 Year Old Tawny is, as far as I now, new in the market. It is very good, I will give it another try tomorrow and give some more details. I´m tired right now, came back from the Fair ProWein in Düsseldorf.Andy Velebil wrote:How was this? It's not a Port we see here in the States and I've only had limit experience with some of their Ports when I've been in Portugal.Eric C wrote:30 Year Old Tawny from Quinta do Javali
Re: What have you opened this week?
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2013 6:51 pm
I opened the other half of a bottle of Passadouro 1992 yesterday. I decanted the original bottle a few months ago and filled up a demi with half it's contents. I still remember I was quite disappointed with the bottle at first, but did not do any decant due to time constraints back them. The wine was very closed, with light unpleasant chemical notes in the nose.
However, the second half was a lot better - actually really good! I did give it a few hours in the decanter this time, and it might also have had some accelerated development in the half bottle over the past few months. The (formerly used) cork in that bottle was completely soaked, so I guess it let in more oxygen than the original bottle would have let in.
So.. Passadouro 1992: no formal tasting note (yet), but based on this experience I should still give it some time in the bottle. I do have some left which is currently spending the night in the fridge, preparing to be drunk tomorrow evening, so a tasting note might be forthcoming.
However, the second half was a lot better - actually really good! I did give it a few hours in the decanter this time, and it might also have had some accelerated development in the half bottle over the past few months. The (formerly used) cork in that bottle was completely soaked, so I guess it let in more oxygen than the original bottle would have let in.
So.. Passadouro 1992: no formal tasting note (yet), but based on this experience I should still give it some time in the bottle. I do have some left which is currently spending the night in the fridge, preparing to be drunk tomorrow evening, so a tasting note might be forthcoming.
Re: What have you opened this week?
Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 4:32 pm
40 Year Old Quinta do Quevedo. Very very nice!
Re: What have you opened this week?
Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 9:28 am
Quevedo Special reserve Tawny 
Btw, I had a nice talk with Oscar on Tuesday and had the chance to try out each of his ports![[friends.gif]](./images/smilies/friends.gif "Friends")
Btw, I had a nice talk with Oscar on Tuesday and had the chance to try out each of his ports
Re: What have you opened this week?
Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 11:59 am
Sandeman 10 year (with free glasses!)
Re: What have you opened this week?
Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 3:41 pm
Did it taste better because of the free glasses?John F. Newman wrote:Sandeman 10 year (with free glasses!)
Re: What have you opened this week?
Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2013 7:17 am
1987 Cockburn Quinta do Tua Vintage Port
Re: What have you opened this week?
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2013 3:46 am
Quinta de Marrocos LBV 2007 
Re: What have you opened this week?
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2013 6:56 am
2005 Quarles Harris LBV. Very pleasant and for $13 a phenomenal QPR.