For The Love Of Port

I finally received my order of 2007 VP from the LCBO, SAQ still snoosing :)

3 Niepoort 750ml
3 Niepoort 375ml
3 Vargellas VV
2 Vesuvio
1 Warre's
1 Taylor 750ml
1 Taylor 1500ml
1 Fonseca
2 Noval
1 Noval 375ml

hi not a long list but we just porchased at auction 1 x estate bottled base of neck 1912f symonb

a few 70 Delaforce $50
Burmester 30year tawny
Noval 40 year tawny
Taylor 30 year tawny

If anyone in the Boston area want some of the 70 Delaforce, there almost a case left. Place has a decent discount policy, too.

Dan

Picked up a magnum of 1977 Smith Woodhouse VP. I had it from Magnum at the April 2009 tasting in San Francisco (see my article in the current newsletter) and this was drinking so well then I just couldn't resist getting it.

Thus far I have been purchasing and enjoying young Port (and that will probably be the case for awhile), but today was my first splurge--I bought a Kopke Colheita from my birth year, so I can drink it for my 30th birthday this year. Gotta have a few things to help me look forward to hitting that milestone.

That's a great port to celebrate your birthday Melanie! I like the 80 Kopke a lot.

hi,

This week

1 x 1972 Taylor's (Fladgate) quinta de Vargellas (£39.50)
1 x (Oporto growers collective) 1970 Vintage - this is a gift for a mate (£ can't remember)
1 x Warre's 2000 LBV (unfiltered) (£20)
1x Grahams 2002 crusted (£17)

Dom

Anton W. wrote:Last weekend the former importer of Burmester in the Netherlands had a "Wintersale", which included his last stock of Burmester. So I purchased 18 bottles of VP 1997. A very nice bottle indeed!

Anton

Anton could u give any impressions on this wine.

It is on sale here in Denmark aswell but I have not found any TN about it.

TIA
Claus

2007 Quarles Harris, just a few bottles for now.
http://www.fortheloveofport.com/ftlopfo ... f=6&t=9146

hi ronald i like kopke to esp the 1970 we have a bottle of 1930s k anyhow iv baught zero this week the f1912 has cleaned me out symonb

I bought a bottle of Niepoort's 30 year old tawny. This one was bottled in 1982 and therefore is now 58 years old.

Erik Wiechers wrote:I bought a bottle of Niepoort's 30 year old tawny. This one was bottled in 1982 and therefore is now 58 years old.

Might as well go for 60 then, 30 in the cask, 30 in the bottle, if you can resist. Let us know how it tastes.

This week I picked up a bottle of Quinta do Vesuvio 2003 for $75. Perhaps not the bargain of the century, but considering that this is the most beautiful young VP I've ever tasted it felt like a steal. I'm psyched to finally have one in my collection!

Over the weekend I acquired:

2 x Casa de Santa Eufemia Special Reserve White Port (the infamous unlabeled 1973 Colheita)
1 x 1997 Quinta do Noval Vintage Port

The Eufemias were just sitting on a shelf in a wine store at the Chelsea Market in NYC. I opened one of them at a tasting and wasn't impressed. Lacking fruit, fairly hot, and much drier than I expected. It's possible that the bottle was heat damaged, though. I have no idea how long the bottles had been sitting upright on the shelf in that store, but they weren't dusty and looked to be in good shape.

Purchased over the last few days:

1x 1964 Krohn White Colheita ($79.99)
2x 2003 Niepoort VP ($39.99 ea)
2x 2007 Quarles Harris VP ($34.99 ea)

1x 1995 Offley Boa Vista VP ($17.99)
1x 1995 Quinta do Infantado VP ($17.99)
1x 1997 Quinta do Eira Velha VP ($25.99)
2x 2004 Royal Oporto VP 375ml ($9.99 ea)

This last bunch were so affordable I'm planning to sample all of them soon and see if any are worth stocking up on.

Lamont Huxley wrote:
1x 1995 Offley Boa Vista VP ($17.99)
1x 1995 Quinta do Infantado VP ($17.99)
1x 1997 Quinta do Eira Velha VP ($25.99)
2x 2004 Royal Oporto VP 375ml ($9.99 ea)

This last bunch were so affordable I'm planning to sample all of them soon and see if any are worth stocking up on.

No kidding those are cheap. After you try them (and get your own stash) please let the rest of us know if we should stock up too

Lamont Huxley wrote:This week I picked up a bottle of Quinta do Vesuvio 2003 for $75. Perhaps not the bargain of the century, but considering that this is the most beautiful young VP I've ever tasted it felt like a steal. I'm psyched to finally have one in my collection!

Had this last night -- really exceptional effort, second only to the 1994 in my opinion. I agree that $75 might not be a 'steal,' but you certainly will only be happy to have this in your cellar in 20+ years.

Andy Velebil wrote:

Lamont Huxley wrote:
1x 1995 Offley Boa Vista VP ($17.99)
1x 1995 Quinta do Infantado VP ($17.99)
1x 1997 Quinta do Eira Velha VP ($25.99)
2x 2004 Royal Oporto VP 375ml ($9.99 ea)

This last bunch were so affordable I'm planning to sample all of them soon and see if any are worth stocking up on.

No kidding those are cheap. After you try them (and get your own stash) please let the rest of us know if we should stock up too

Will do Andy. I'll post my notes in the TN forum as I taste through these. Knowing myself, this won't take long...

2x 1997 Smith Woodhouse @ $25 each, at auction from TCWC. I was otherwise outbid on a bunch of other lots, even though I bid above their estimated range on a few. Of course I expected the Taylor 1994 to go for more than their estimates. I bid $90 each, and someone took them for $95.

3 (leaky) bottles of Taylor 1955 for £22 each