For The Love Of Port

Bert VD wrote:we opened the Marchesi Di Barolo and while it was good and still had some character it declined rapidly. it became more acidic by the minute as it was poured and lasted just for the length of the meal.

I opened a 1968 Marchesi di Barolo Barolo Riserva della Castellana Gia Opera Pia last fall. It ranked last in a lineup of about eight similarly aged bottles. I have another bottle of the same that hopefully will show better, but I'm not particularly optimistic.

A week ago, while in LA for a Taylor's VP event, a friend opened an old and odd bottle of 1958 Quarles Harris Vintage Port. The ullage and bottle itself did not give me a lot of confidence that what would be forthcoming, would be all that pleasant. Dead wrong!

While nothing that I'd go out of my way to purchase today, FWIW, I can say it was the best pre-1994 bottle of Quarles Harris VP that I've ever tasted.

Photo evidence on the For The Love Of Port Facebook page.

Sounds like a great time! Thanks for post back on this thread.