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Re: Forget "holy grails" but if there was one bottle ...
Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2009 7:26 pm
by Andy Velebil
Jonathan,
Off to the gallows you go
Re: Forget "holy grails" but if there was one bottle ...
Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 5:29 am
by Jonathan S
Andy,
(CORNY ALERT)-->If only that 1994 Vesuvio had been properly decanted, perhaps my offending words I would have already recanted. Instead, I am left with a fate that is far from enchanted...
Away to the gallows I go!
Re: Forget "holy grails" but if there was one bottle ...
Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 1:22 am
by Al B.
Remember this thread?
I've now managed (only once) to taste the Noval '67 and it was a very good wine, maybe slightly edging over the '66.
My next mainstream target is to try the Smith Woodhouse 1963 VP. I was born in '63 and have always enjoyed drinking the ports made from grapes that are as old as I am. I've tried many of the wines declared from that vintage including all of the other ones currently owned by the Symington Family, but I have never even seen, let alone tried, the SW '63.
(So if anyone knows where I might be able to find a bottle - or even a glass - please let me know!)
Re: Forget "holy grails" but if there was one bottle ...
Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 5:16 am
by John M.
Great thread. For me it would be a Niepoort Garrafeira Port, any year really. Never had one and very curious about this style.
Re: Forget "holy grails" but if there was one bottle ...
Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 5:24 am
by Andy Velebil
Still never had a 1997 Noval VP. The last great or highly rated "modern" VP I've yet to have.
Re: Forget "holy grails" but if there was one bottle ...
Posted: Sat May 19, 2012 6:09 pm
by Moses Botbol
Would love to try a few older Ramos Pinto vintages like 1945 or something from the 50's. 1970 is the oldest I have had.
Re: Forget "holy grails" but if there was one bottle ...
Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 8:20 pm
by Roy Hersh
You should have said something while you were up here Andy. I'd be happy to open one for you.
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Forget "holy grails" but if there was one bottle ...
Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 8:25 pm
by Andy Velebil
Roy Hersh wrote:You should have said something while you were up here Andy. I'd be happy to open one for you.
Thanks for the offer. Maybe next time :)
Re: Forget "holy grails" but if there was one bottle ...
Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 8:44 am
by Rob C.
Right now it is to re-try the Sandeman 2007. Have been thinking about it constantly since i was absolutely floored by a small sample i had a couple of weeks ago....was it really that good, or was i just swept away in the moment? I don't know, but would love to give it another go to find out - this time armed with a proper full glass (or two) to really get into it!
Other than that, it would be great to try the 77 Cockburn some day.
Forget "holy grails" but if there was one bottle ...
Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 11:44 am
by Andy Velebil
Rob C. wrote:Right now it is to re-try the Sandeman 2007. Have been thinking about it constantly since i was absolutely floored by a small sample i had a couple of weeks ago....was it really that good, or was i just swept away in the moment? I don't know, but would love to give it another go to find out - this time armed with a proper full glass (or two) to really get into it!
Other than that, it would be great to try the 77 Cockburn some day.
2007 Sandeman rocks! Their best in decades