For The Love Of Port

Sandeman 60 - dark and delicious..

Tom Archer wrote:Sandeman 60 - dark and delicious..

I didn’t realize there was such a beast. Jealous! :)

The Vesuvio 2005 took 3 days to open up and be really good.

Tonight its Niepoort Colheita 1995 bottled in 2007

Just opened and decanted a burmester '97 for tonight.

1985 Dow's at a 70 birthday bash for my friend. It was yummy.

S. Leonardo 30year Tawny
1997 Porto Souza
2004 Rio Bom Grand Reserva

1992 Offley LBV... I'll try to write a proper TN. Alive and fruty but not really complex.

'92 Passadouro (by Niepoort)

Light and crisp at first, deepening on day two. Rich on the palate with an aromatic nose that is very Niepoort (even though from different vines) with a faint trace of VA that complements rather than offends. Elegant complexity sums it up, and very quaffable. Not too soon to be drunk, but loads of life left.

Fonseca 10YO, quite good.

Thomas V wrote:Fonseca 10YO, quite good.

Some years ago, read that as a long time ago, Fonseca aged Tawny's were average at best. In the past 5-ish or so years these have really improved and are very good now. The 10 and 20 are very nice but I really like the 30 and 40. IMO they are right up there with the best of them now. TFP has done a great job with these in more recent years.


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1997 Smith Woodhouse VP, 375ml. No notes taken, but this was quite tasty.

1970 Niepoort Colheita x2.

For my birthday party:

2 magnums of Offley '63 - excellent drinking..

- plus the first bottle from a stash of five unknown '24s - which turned out to be Dow

Amazingly, the '24 was darker than the '63s. Being the most ullaged bottle, with a mid shoulder level, the Dow was slightly oxidised - but it didn't last long..

Tom Archer wrote:For my birthday party:

2 magnums of Offley '63 - excellent drinking..

- plus the first bottle from a stash of five unknown '24s - which turned out to be Dow

Amazingly, the '24 was darker than the '63s. Being the most ullaged bottle, with a mid shoulder level, the Dow was slightly oxidised - but it didn't last long..

Happy Birthday!

1966 Taylor Fladgage - Berry Bros & Rudd - 750ml.

Bottle condition: Outstandingly Original.
Observations: BBR bottling. Green, proper UK bottle.
Base neck fill level.
Original pink BBR capsule in perfect condition.
Firm Cork - Proper in every sense.
Dry top. Dark and even color throughout. Moderate to light crust under capsule.
Cork Labeled: “Berry Bros & Rudd LTD”; “Taylor” (inside rectangle); “Vintage 1966”; “Bottled 1968”.
No signs of seepage/leaking.
Imported by Adventures in Wine.

Opening with Laura in honor my 51st birthday on Monday.
My 11yo son Benjamin is very excited to try it. He asked if it were dangerous to drink something so old. I set him straight on safety of drinking aging VPs vs. aging Coca Cola. He got it.

I’ll post tasing notes after its 6-7 hour decant.

**Impressions of First glass immediately after uncorking:
The real deal. Well cellared. Exquisit Nose. 95% Italian-plum purple. Zero bricking. Massive fruit. Perfectly resolved tannins. Endless finish. Very little heat but just enough. Candied figs. Greenish, youthful undertone. Mature and structured. A ton of must(?) filtered with decanting. Will become one of the very best VP’s we’ve had in countless years. I love 1966 VP’s!!!

Best regards,

Jeffrey Karp
Scottsdale, Arizona

Happy birthday Jeff and my regards to Laura and Jeff. It has been too long, my friend. I just never get to AZ anymore, sadly.

And to another birthday boy, Tom ... I hope you had a great celebration along with those two magnums. But you had me at 1924 Dow's!!


Andy wrote:

TFP has done a great job with these in more recent years.

Yeah, and that had nothing to do with Krohn's being blended in.

A very nice Warre'S 1994 Fresh and ripe still, bright color, so sign of age but saturation is going down. Has a lot of time ahead!

Wednesday

Over dinner with Dirk Niepoort after the BFT - a Delaforce '58 - a rare beast - light and very fine. Dirk pulled out a 1950 Ygay (Marques De Murietta) - I've seen these white Rioja's pop up at auction from time to time but have never paid them much attention - very elegant drinking..

Thursday

Cockburn '67 - for casual quaffing at home. At peak now, I suspect - and very agreeable..

Tom Archer wrote:Dirk pulled out a 1950 Ygay (Marques De Murietta) - I've seen these white Rioja's pop up at auction from time to time but have never paid them much attention - very elegant drinking..

I love old Ygay, red and white. FYI: A lot of these are not bottled immediately, but aged in barrel for a while first. I have some 1968s that I think were bottled some time in the early 1980s.

I opened a 1957 White Lopez de Heredia this past summer and it was one of the finest old White wines I've ever had.