Rediscovered after many years (last bought back in 2006):
Quinta da Chocapaha Tinto (2015) 6 btls (after tasting 1, I found again why I liked this wine so much, and why I still remermber it) + 18 btls in a second order . A very nice (daily) drinker for now en the coming 4-5 years imho.
Gerwin de Graaf wrote:Rediscovered after many years (last bought back in 2006):
Quinta da Chocapaha Tinto (2015) 6 btls (after tasting 1, I found again why I liked this wine so much, and why I still remermber it) + 18 btls in a second order . A very nice (daily) drinker for now en the coming 4-5 years imho.
Agree, These are very nice wines and great values. I can now get them at a shop not too far from me.
Gerwin de Graaf wrote:Rediscovered after many years (last bought back in 2006):
Quinta da Chocapaha Tinto (2015) 6 btls (after tasting 1, I found again why I liked this wine so much, and why I still remermber it) + 18 btls in a second order . A very nice (daily) drinker for now en the coming 4-5 years imho.
6 x 2016 Anselmo Mendes Curtimenta Alvarinho
2 x 2017 Anselmo Mendes Parcela Unica Alvarinho
1 x 2017 Anselmo Mendes Muros De Melgaco Alvarinho
1 x 2018 Quinta De Soalheiro Alvarinho
1 x 2016 Esporao Private Selection White
2 x 2015 Quinta de Chocapalha "CH" (Touriga Nacional)
1 x 2011 Quinta das Bageiras "Garrafeira" Bairrada (Baga)
From the PHT2:
Horacio Simoes Rare Cask 74
Messias 1991 Bairrada
Mouchao 2012 one magnum and one bottle.
Niepoort 2017 Redoma Branco Reserva.
and two bottles of Sherry.
Just found and snagged 4 bottles of Niepoort Redoma Brano Reserva 2005 at $35 each.
Hoping they still are dinking as well as my last bottle did a year ago.
Randy Katz wrote: ↑Sun Dec 01, 2019 8:38 pm
Just found and snagged 4 bottles of Niepoort Redoma Brano Reserva 2005 at $35 each.
Hoping they still are dinking as well as my last bottle did a year ago.
Good price. They are, IMO, at their peak and should be consumed in the near term. I have had some bottle variation with them recently, some showing some oxidation. Very enjoyable still.
Agreed. Very nice. Definitely some bottle variation. One I had recently was "pop & dump". The other two were very good, but don't wait at all. Pop and pour for these is fine. They don't need a decant. I have one bottle left and will finish it soon.
Elys picked up a couple of bottles of Pacheca Superior from two different vintages. First time seeing them for sale. Only previously have I tasted at Portuguese wine event. $13 each, Pacheca could be the new benchmark for value for Douro dry wine! Really well done wines with elegance and purity at a price that is hard to beat. Funny thing is, she bought they wines are a real mom & pop liquor store in Portuguese section of Lowell, MA. They have a great line up of $4-25 Portuguese wines, but is hardly a wine shop. More Bud light and cigarettes if anything.
Without having them side by side, I found the Pacheca reminding me of Crasto Superior, but the Crasto looks to be almost double the money.
6 packs of Ramos Pinto Duas Quintas Reserva 2013 "25th Anniversary". 6 packs included a box 6 of Schott Zwiesel Tritan Ivento Red Wine Glasses for $200. Twist my arm...