For The Love Of Port

Glenn E. wrote: ↑Sun Jul 02, 2023 2:21 pm

Scott Esterly wrote: ↑Sun Jul 02, 2023 12:57 pm

Glenn E. wrote: ↑Wed May 24, 2023 1:55 pm Just ordered my first batch of 2021 Graham's The Stone Terraces. 6 bottles on pre-order. They won't arrive (in London) until September.

Did you find these on a site like wine-searcher? Curious as to how you/others source young/brand new vintages.

Yep, winesearcher.com. It's my most-used method for finding Port.

Same here, 2x OWC-3 through Winesearcher at Morgan Classic. Delivery in September. 50% cheaper than the best quote in The Netherlands

1 x 1998 Churchill LBV

1x Taylor 20 Year Old
Time for a Port-Tawnic, although actually this was at auction and I won't have it shipped until September.

1997 Gould Campbell VP

Purhased in NYC for just $50, opened it the next night and absolutley lovely. Shared with numerous co-workers and very well received.

John M. wrote:1997 Gould Campbell VP

Purhased in NYC for just $50, opened it the next night and absolutley lovely. Shared with numerous co-workers and very well received.

Shared with co-workers…such the enabler. Hahah. I love it!!

Andy Velebil wrote: ↑Wed Jul 12, 2023 9:38 pm

John M. wrote:1997 Gould Campbell VP

Purhased in NYC for just $50, opened it the next night and absolutley lovely. Shared with numerous co-workers and very well received.

Shared with co-workers…such the enabler. Hahah. I love it!!

Of Course Andy!!!

I bet I got 15-20 small pours out of it. To me, one aspect of Port we do not discuss is the sharing aspect, whether friends, family, Port lovers, etc. Drinking a good Port alone is a much sadder affair than a collective experieince with lively conversation.

1 x Portal 10 Years Old Tawny
1 x Portal 20 Years Old Tawny

Martin H wrote: ↑Fri Jul 14, 2023 1:58 pm 1 x Portal 10 Years Old Tawny
1 x Portal 20 Years Old Tawny

I've not tried either, but there are good scores and notes on both of the Tawnies in the Tasting Notes Database.
If you could, post notes whenever you crack them open.

Another 1994 Quinta Do Noval LBV.

Mike J. W. wrote: ↑Fri Jul 14, 2023 3:12 pm

Martin H wrote: ↑Fri Jul 14, 2023 1:58 pm 1 x Portal 10 Years Old Tawny
1 x Portal 20 Years Old Tawny

I've not tried either, but there are good scores and notes on both of the Tawnies in the Tasting Notes Database.
If you could, post notes whenever you crack them open.

Yeah no problem, but my notes will be about structure and body mostly as I am still an amateur

1x Niepoort Colheita 1912, bottled in 1976.
I hope that Dirk Niepoort’s statement that his colheitas continue to improve after bottling also applies to this bottle…..

1x Grahams 1985 mag
12x 1987 Niepoort. no mention of which one in the listing. Hoping it is the garrafeira, not an LBV. Am fine with the VP or Colheita for $550 W/BP

Randy Katz wrote: ↑Mon Jul 24, 2023 7:26 pm 1x Grahams 1985 mag
12x 1987 Niepoort. no mention of which one in the listing. Hoping it is the garrafeira, not an LBV. Am fine with the VP or Colheita for $550 W/BP

The 1987 Garrafeira runs about $600 per bottle. So if you got a case for $550 W/BP I'd be shocked if it is the Garrafeira. My guess would be VP or Colheita, and as you said either of those would be fine at that price.

I tried to order some direct and was talking about maybe getting a case or two. The price came back as $600 which, since I'd been talking about cases I assumed meant per case, but they corrected me and said that was the bottle price. I didn't order any. It's amazing, but I just don't need all that many $600 bottles of Port!

Two bottles of: Taylor Fladgate Vintage Port 2018

1x 2000 Cockburn’s VP

Scott Esterly wrote:1x 2000 Cockburn’s VP

any plans to open it soon? Can’t recall a recent note on it and am curious how it is showing.

Andy Velebil wrote: ↑Fri Jul 28, 2023 9:16 pm

Scott Esterly wrote:1x 2000 Cockburn’s VP

any plans to open it soon? Can’t recall a recent note on it and am curious how it is showing.

Once it’s delivered it’ll be the only one I have, so I think I’m going to hold it for now. The 2000 vintage is also the vintage I happen to have the most variety of. I’m up to 11 different ports from this vintage - but the only ones I have more than one bottle of is Fonseca and Taylor’s. I have dreams of putting together a 2000 vintage tasting at some point haha.

1 x 2001 Warre's Quinta Da Cavandinha SQVP (found by John M.)
1 x 2008 Quinta do Crasto LBV (a gift from John M. for sourcing and delivering a few auction wins)
1 x 2011 Quinta do Crasto LBV (picked up by John M's son after being found in the wild)
1 x Ramos Pinto 20 y.o. Quinta do Bom Retiro (in a swap with John M.)

Maybe John should have posted this?

2003 Broadbent
2005 Fonseca Q. do Panascal
Some bargain bin pickups, if it's a $25 VP and doesn't have a bad rep, I'll give it a try.

1994 Graham’s VP