For The Love Of Port

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.

2015 was a great year for Chocapalha!

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 Port Harvest Tour 2:

1 x 2017 Niepoort Reserva Branco
1 x 2015 Poças Símbolo Douro Tinto

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.

Eric Ifune wrote: Horacio Simoes Rare Cask 74

Very nice bottling.

But I am quite partial to most Horacio Simoes.

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.

>>Niepoort Redoma Brano Reserva 2005

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.

6 x 2017 Vale Meão Tinto Douro
12 x 2015 Casa Ferreirihna Quinta da Leda

Two bottles of 2011 Wine and Soul Quinta da Manoella VV

Andy Velebil wrote: ↑Fri Jan 10, 2020 6:46 am Two bottles of 2011 Wine and Soul Quinta da Manoella VV

An AWESOME wine!

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.

Got a couple of Luis Seabra 2017 Xisto Ilimitado Tinto.

A case of 2017 Post Scriptum de Chryseia. Need a good quality but reasonably priced Douro for a house wine.

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...

I’m in telluride and found a 2016 Prazo de Roriz douro wine for $17 at a local store. Pretty good QPR.

2011 Quinta Vale D. Maria D Douro Red. 1 case at a great price of 39.99.

2020wines.com They have a bunch still.

Randy Katz wrote:2011 Quinta Vale D. Maria D Douro Red. 1 case at a great price of 39.99.

2020wines.com They have a bunch still.

Very good price.