What have you opened this week?

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Allan Engelsted Laurents wrote:Opend an old Tawny from Warre on friday, But it was not a pleasant experience....

On friday, it had a taste of old socks...and bandaids!

But today on sonday, allmost 48 hours of breathing time....The Port is soft and smooth.
Did you decant it or just left the bottle open without the T-cork?
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I have for tonight and tomorrow a 1970 Grahams plus a 375 of 2000 Niepoort Secundum.

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John M. wrote:I have for tonight and tomorrow a 1970 Grahams plus a 375 of 2000 Niepoort Secundum.

Happy Thanksgiving!
Nice. I've got some halves of the Secundum as well and was curious as to how they are coming along. so be sure to let us know how they are once you try them.
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John M. wrote:I have for tonight and tomorrow a 1970 Grahams plus a 375 of 2000 Niepoort Secundum.
I have a 1970 Graham ready to go for tomorrow as well. :)

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S. Leonardo 20 year old Tawny Port

1971 Dalva Golden White Port (bottled 2012)
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I opened a half bottle of 2006 Roxo Négrette Port (Paso Robles) yesterday. An excellent domestic port!
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David Spriggs wrote:I opened a half bottle of 2006 Roxo Négrette Port (Paso Robles) yesterday. An excellent domestic port!
One of the top domestic producers out of paso by far.


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2001 Feist LBV tonight, it'll be a '94 Croft tomorrow.


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I had an excuse to open a bottle of Offley 1987 on Sunday, a bottle of Graham 1945 on Tuesday and a bottle of Graham 1985 on Wednesday.

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Opend one of my old and "uncertain" bottles.
This time a Butler Nephew.
Can't tell the age of the port. But I guess the port was ment for the market long ago. The port is still fresh and alive. Honey
and Wood.
Beautiful color, and a Nice Nose.
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Screw cap??


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Opened the first Ferreira Duque de Braganca on Thanksgiving (It was emptied quickly by my guests) and on Saturday I tried one of my newly purchased 10YO Krohn.

There is no contest between the 2 when it comes to taste, but I really enjoyed the Krohn. Very delicious for a 10 year old and great QPR.
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Thomas V wrote:
Allan Engelsted Laurents wrote:Opend an old Tawny from Warre on friday, But it was not a pleasant experience....

On friday, it had a taste of old socks...and bandaids!

But today on sonday, allmost 48 hours of breathing time....The Port is soft and smooth.
Did you decant it or just left the bottle open without the T-cork?
Sorry Thomas! I didnt se Your note.

I left it in the bottle for the entire 2 days.
I figured, no need to decant, when the taste was so far off. But as written, the bottle recovered, and came back alive!
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Great stuff Allan. Was glad to hear you managed to save and enjoy it.
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1985 Dow VP open in decanter for a friend's birthday party this evening. It is her birth year (or so she says!) wine.
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40 Year S. Leonardo Tawny
1987 Souza VP
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1968 Krohn's Colheita on Thursday
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I went to a Christmas lunch yesterday and brought a 2007 Graham's LBV as I don't drink schnapps. I manage to get a few guests to convert and join the dark side [cheers.gif]
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Needed something good, so I opend a bottle of Niepoort Presidente. Allways perfect.

And the cork: 4,5 cm.
The cork from my fake Niepoort bottle opend on friday was les than 3 cm.
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1980 Gould Campbell Vintage Port - one of the freshest and best bottles I've come across. Really beginning to turn the corner and show some real complexity. Loved it. [shrug.gif]
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