For The Love Of Port

4x DR L70 ... wish I had bought 10-12.
1x 40 year old Tawny by S. Leonardo .... most recently. None this week though

I've just received a box of 6 Lamelas 10YO White (bottled 2021), 4 Quinta da Prelada 10YO White (bottled 2020) and 2 Quinta da Prelada 30YO White (bottled 2018).

I preferred the 30YO from Prelada to the 40YO Eric loved. I'm so glad different people have different tastes!

1 x 1968 Krohn Colheita (bottled 2008)
1 x 1992 Pocas Colheita (bottled 2017)
3 x 1997 Martinez VP
1 x 2000 Osborne VP
2 x 2000 Dow LBV
2 x 2004 Dow Quinta da Senhora da Ribeira SQVP
1 x 2008 Warre's LBV
2 x 2015 Graham's LBV
1 x Pocas 20 y.o. Tawny
1 x Graham's Six Grapes Reserve 375ml.

1 x 1945 Croft VP
2 x 1992 Taylor's VP

Mike J. W. wrote:1 x 1945 Croft VP
2 x 1992 Taylor's VP

I’ll be over in a bit lol

Andy Velebil wrote: ↑Thu Oct 21, 2021 9:04 pm

Jonathan S wrote:-1980 Taylor VP
-1980 Warre’s VP
-1994 Vesuvio VP (w OWC)


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Drink the Taylor first, and soon. Put others away for later. :)

Thanks for the tip, Andy! I am going to try to save the 1994 Vesuvio for at least ten years.

Hope all is well in Cali!

Mike J. W. wrote: ↑Thu Nov 04, 2021 5:24 pm 1 x 1945 Croft VP
2 x 1992 Taylor's VP

Oh, heck yeah!

2 x Taylor's Historical collection I

2 x Taylor's Historical collection II

2 x Taylor's Historical collection III

2 x Taylor's 2005 Vintage - Vargellas & Terra Feita (Estates Collection)

Big fan of Graham's - and especially the Single harvest collection

I love the bottles that TFP are using for the historical collection, but they look like they'd be a complete pain to store!

6 bottles of Noval 10 Tawny and 6 bottles of Warre 2008 LBV.

Glenn E. wrote: ↑Tue Oct 05, 2021 11:31 am Just got back from Port Harvest Tour 2, and the checkbook is quietly sobbing in the corner. There's too much to recount in detail, but the highlight would have to be re-supplying my stock of DR L70, as well as picking up more of their Very Old White Port which is a 50-year old. I also finally managed to acquire a bottle of their Muito Velho Tawny Port which we've now tasted 3 times and is allegedly an 1885 Colheita.

I have Ports coming from Andresen, Brunheda, Bulas, and Quinta do Mourao as well! Something like 4-5 cases in total (including DR).

It was a good trip.

All of this has finally arrived!

6 x Andresen 40 year old Tawny Port
6 x Andresen 20 year old White Port
6 x Andresen 40 year old White Port
6 x Andresen 1991 Colheita
1 x Andresen 2000 Colheita (this one was a gift)
4 x Brunheda 40+ year old Tawny Port
1 x Brunheda "Cask 50" White Port (probably over 60 years old, but actual age unknown)
1 x Brunheda "Cask 51" Tawny Port (over 50 years old, but actual age unknown)
1 x Brunheda "Cask 52" Tawny Port (over 80 years old, but actual age unknown)
1 x Bulas 20 year old Tawny Port
1 x Bulas 30 year old White Port
16 x Casa do Douro 1964 Colheita Port (bottled 2004)
6 x Casa do Douro 1964 White Port (bottled 2004)
1 x DR 1885 Muito Velho Tawny Port
9 x DR L70 Tawny Port
3 x DR Muito Velho (50 year old) White Port
12 x DR 2008 Colheita Branco (500 ml bottles)
6 x S. Leonardo 20 year old White Port (500 ml bottles)
1 x Taylor 1971 Single Harvest Tawny Port

There were 2 more Brunhedas that I did not purchase - Cask 48 and Cask 49. Cask 48 has a little story that leads into Cask 50's estimated age...

When we arrived, Pedro and Delio took us on a tour and gave us some history of the area. Then they brought out a decanter and served us, telling us only that this was a white Port from cask #48 which we'd just seen on the tour. Someone asked how old it was, and Delio said something like "oh I think this one is at least 20 years old, maybe more."

If you've never met him, Delio likes to mess with your head. To be fair, they're not entirely sure how old much of the wine they have in stock really is simply because it pre-dates everyone who currently works there and there just aren't exact records. So they're often judging the age based on when they last touched it, and how old it was thought to be at that time. But this time, in addition to that, Delio was messing with us and having a little fun.

Cask 48 was a beautiful deep golden color with a greening rim that was boldly proclaiming its age, and that age was not anywhere near 20 years old. I looked at Delio and grinned at him and said "I think you're lying to us, this is not 20 years old." He grinned back and said, "no, it's at least 20 years old. I think that is certainly true." I laugh and conceded that since 50 or 60 is greater than 20, then he must just be playing it safe. He laughed and said "you're probably right." Delio is one of my favorite people in the entire Douro... he loves Port, he loves Port people, and he loves sharing his knowledge and Port. He's a treasure, and I relish every chance I get to talk to him and drink Port with him.

Cask 49 was a much younger white Port. It was light and refreshing. Then when we got to Cast 50 they would only say that "this white Port is older than Cask 48, maybe 10 or 20 years older."

So... they're kind of guessing on the age, but Cask 50 is probably more than 60 years old. It could be much older and certainly does have much older Port in it... they're just not sure and so prefer to be conservative with their estimates.

2x 2011 Sandeman VP

Random find in a liquor store.

1 x Migules 40yr in a special "Vin med mere.dk edition - made special for the danish marked and the wine shop vinmedmere.dk

It's a different blend then the normal Miguels 40yr

Big fan of Tawny styles port - and especially the Single harvest

1 x Dow 30 y.o. Tawny (bottled in 1973, this will be interesting to see what's left)
1 x 1979 Kopke Colheita (bottled 2019)
1 x 1985 Dow's VP
1 x 1994 Churchill's VP
1 x 1994 Fonseca VP
1 x 1994 Graham's VP
1 x 1994 Graham's Single Harvest Tawny
3 x 1994 Smith Woodhouse VP
1 x 1995 Quinta do Vesuvio
1 x 1997 Pocas Colheita
1 x 2000 Osborne VP
1 x 2001 Graham's Quinta dos Malvedos SQVP
1 x 2003 Offley Boa Vista VP
1 x 2007 Warre's VP
1 x 2011 Quinta do Vale Meao VP
1 x 2011 Quinta do Vesuvio SQVP

2015 Dona Maria LBV and 2015 Crasto vintage

4 bottles of Warre's Otima 20 year Tawny Port

21 EUR - not for 1 bottle.. But all 4 bottles..

Someone made a "black week" price mistake on a danish website - so the price I paid, was the amount that I was supposed to save..

Big fan of Tawny styles port - and especially the Single harvest

Glenn E. wrote: ↑Fri Nov 19, 2021 12:24 pm
All of this has finally arrived!

6 x Andresen 40 year old Tawny Port
6 x Andresen 20 year old White Port
6 x Andresen 40 year old White Port
6 x Andresen 1991 Colheita
1 x Andresen 2000 Colheita (this one was a gift)
4 x Brunheda 40+ year old Tawny Port
1 x Brunheda "Cask 50" White Port (probably over 60 years old, but actual age unknown)
1 x Brunheda "Cask 51" Tawny Port (over 50 years old, but actual age unknown)
1 x Brunheda "Cask 52" Tawny Port (over 80 years old, but actual age unknown)
1 x Bulas 20 year old Tawny Port
1 x Bulas 30 year old White Port
16 x Casa do Douro 1964 Colheita Port (bottled 2004)
6 x Casa do Douro 1964 White Port (bottled 2004)
1 x DR 1885 Muito Velho Tawny Port
9 x DR L70 Tawny Port
3 x DR Muito Velho (50 year old) White Port
12 x DR 2008 Colheita Branco (500 ml bottles)
6 x S. Leonardo 20 year old White Port (500 ml bottles)
1 x Taylor 1971 Single Harvest Tawny Port

WHAT. A. HAUL! Truly, this is the stuff of Tawny dreams!

(I'd say that the 1885 Tawny is "muito velho" indeed! )

Mike J. W. wrote: ↑Mon Nov 22, 2021 10:34 am 1 x Dow 30 y.o. Tawny (bottled in 1973, this will be interesting to see what's left)
1 x 1979 Kopke Colheita (bottled 2019)
1 x 1985 Dow's VP
1 x 1994 Churchill's VP
1 x 1994 Fonseca VP
1 x 1994 Graham's VP
1 x 1994 Graham's Single Harvest Tawny
3 x 1994 Smith Woodhouse VP
1 x 1995 Quinta do Vesuvio
1 x 1997 Pocas Colheita
1 x 2000 Osborne VP
1 x 2001 Graham's Quinta dos Malvedos SQVP
1 x 2003 Offley Boa Vista VP
1 x 2007 Warre's VP
1 x 2011 Quinta do Vale Meao VP
1 x 2011 Quinta do Vesuvio SQVP

Nicely done, Mike! You have several of my favorite producers in there (i.e., Fonseca, Vesuvio, and Warre's), and then you have one of my sentimental favorites - the 1985 Dow's - which is the first VP I had the privilege of enjoying (at the Graham's Lodge).

Jonathan S wrote: ↑Wed Nov 24, 2021 10:55 am Nicely done, Mike! You have several of my favorite producers in there (i.e., Fonseca, Vesuvio, and Warre's), and then you have one of my sentimental favorites - the 1985 Dow's - which is the first VP I had the privilege of enjoying (at the Graham's Lodge).

Thanks Jonathan.

1 x 1980 Warre's VP
5 x 1994 Quinta Do Vesuvio SQVP
12 x 1994 Warre's VP
1 x 1995 Taylor's Vargellas SQVP
1 x 2017 Dow's VP