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Re: What have you opened this week?
Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 5:51 pm
by Lamont Huxley
Still working on a 2003 Osborne LBV that I opened yesterday which is surprisingly good. Planning on popping a 1997 Barros Colheita tonight...
Re: What have you opened this week?
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 2:29 am
by Gerwin de Graaf
last saturday I opened a Quevedo 10 YO Tawny, and a Dalva (C. da Silva) Vintage 1977.
Nice detail being that I opened both with my brand new Port tongs, received directly from Portugal (thanks to the very kind help from my good friend Oscar Q. who made it all possible
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). It was my first try with the tongs, so that's why I decided to practice on the 10 YO first, before I dared to use it on the highlight of the evening, the 1977 Dalva VP. It took more than one try per bottle, but in the end I got them open with nice clean cuts
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.
One little thing I still have to master, is how to pour the port without spilling anything into my funnel and decanter. The glass rim isn't that cooperative in that respect. I'm open to tips and suggestions
Re: What have you opened this week?
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 6:58 am
by Gary Richardson
Opened one of my newly acquired 1952 Delaforce Colheitas last night.
-- Gary
Re: What have you opened this week?
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 1:02 pm
by David T.
A bottle of Ramos Pinto....its a very sweet (cloyingly so) tawny port that is actually quite pleasant. It is an old bottle that only has 2 words (other than Ramos-Pinto, Porto and Portugal) on the label: Alourado-Adamado. My in-house Portuguese translator (wife) wasn't too helpful - she says that Alourado means blondish; adamado means sweet. I guess that it translates as sweet tawny. I have several cases of this one to get through...I think that I will pace myself!
Re: What have you opened this week?
Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 2:29 am
by Al B.
We had a half bottle offline earlier this week and I opened a cask sample from 2010 and a half bottle of Sandeman 1927 that I have had for a few years and needed an excuse to open. Back to more mundane drinking now - Grahams Emperor Tawny.
Re: What have you opened this week?
Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 12:29 pm
by Marc J.
1966 Niepoort VP
Re: What have you opened this week?
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 1:57 am
by Al B.
Belatedly celebrated the 50th birthday of a friend who was born in December by opening a bottle of Ferreira 1960 (which was beautiful), a bottle of Chateau Palmer 1980 (which was also lovely) and a bottle of Croft 2004 LBV just to show as a contrast against the Ferreira!
Re: What have you opened this week?
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 3:30 pm
by Al B.
A very impressive bottle of Dow's Icon Reserve - highly recommended!
And a delicious bottle of Martinez 1970.
Re: What have you opened this week?
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 6:05 pm
by Marc J.
1974 Taylor Vargellas
Re: What have you opened this week?
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 5:28 pm
by Roy Hersh
1952 Dalva Golden White for tonight
Re: What have you opened this week?
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 5:31 pm
by Roy Hersh
Alex,
I opened the Ferreira 1960 too, and it was fabulous. I recently had the 1975 (again) and it was a beauty. We had a 1980 Ferreira here in our tasting and it showed like a Colheita. In Gaia 3 weeks ago, it was wonderful alongside the 1975 and others; but admittedly the 1975 was my favorite and still remains my top 1975 of all.
Re: What have you opened this week?
Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 7:12 pm
by Moses Botbol
1995 Fonseca.
Re: What have you opened this week?
Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 8:45 pm
by Glenn E.
Noval Black
Quinta da Romaneira 40 Year Old Tawny Port
Re: What have you opened this week?
Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 5:53 am
by Andy Velebil
1977 Niepoort Colheita (B.1986)
1985 Ridge Geyserville Zinfandel (ok not Port, but had to wet the whistle before we got to the Niepoort
)
Re: What have you opened this week?
Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 4:50 pm
by Gary Richardson
20 year Cockburn
-- Gary
Re: What have you opened this week?
Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 3:40 pm
by Al B.
A bottle of Taylor 20yo tawny as a cellar defender, which failed to work since I also bought and opened a bottle of Fonseca 1970.
Re: What have you opened this week?
Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 7:32 pm
by Andy Velebil
NV Graham's Six Grapes
Re: What have you opened this week?
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 12:27 pm
by Daniel R.
2005 Graham's LBV
Re: What have you opened this week?
Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 7:28 pm
by Marc J.
1991 Croft
Re: What have you opened this week?
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 10:56 am
by Claus R
Burmester Vintage 1991 (still pretty cloudy after rest
)
Vista Allegre LBV 2002
/claus