For The Love Of Port

Delayed due to import tariffs….?

Al B. wrote: ↑Wed Mar 12, 2025 3:09 pm Warre Traditional Bottle Aged LBV is a staple offer in the supermarkets in the UK. The vintage for sale switched from 2010 to 2011 late last year.

I've been waiting for one of the supermarkets to decide to offer a discount - and one has.

I've just bought 6 bottles of 2011 LBV for $26.50 per bottle. I haven't tried one yet, but hey, it's 2011!

I think that is about what it sells for around me.

Won at auction:

2 x 1960 Offley Boa Vista VP in great shape
1 x 1985 Graham's VP ($39)
2 x 1985 Warre's VP ($39 ea.)

The Graham's and one of the Warre's is going to John M.

Mike,

Great price for that Graham's 1985. Congrats man. The 1960 Offley is not easy to come by. That era for Offley usually produces some very nice surprises!

Palmer 10 Year Old White Port.

Mike J. W. and I won at auction and will split:

8 @ 1994 Croft VP
3 @ 1983 Grahams VP

We were outbid on a couple of lots but are stoked nonetheless.

John M. wrote: ↑Fri Apr 18, 2025 3:43 am Mike J. W. and I won at auction and will split:

8 @ 1994 Croft VP
3 @ 1983 Grahams VP

We were outbid on a couple of lots but are stoked nonetheless.

$34.58 / bottle. Nice deal.

A pair of 1963 Burmester Colheitas from different bottling dates, for an interesting comparison. One from 1987 and the other bottled a decade later.

Another pair of Burmester Colheitas also purchased. Both 1975 and 1978. I love my Krohn, but also a huge fan of Burmester Colheitas between 1890 and 1989. A century of greatness! As much as I love the 1952, 1890 and 1937 and the other worldly 1955 ... I would be happy to drink a glass of the 1963 ever day of the year. For me, it is that good.

Won at two different auctions:
2x OWC-6 Calem 1997 (my bid was very low and I had not expected to win both lots)

1x Niepoort Colheita 1963, bottled in 1984
1x Quinta da Devesa very very old tawny anniversary edition 80 years, bottled in 2024
1x Quinta da Devesa very very old white anniversary edition 80 years, bottled in 2024

A.S. Demka wrote: ↑Fri May 02, 2025 8:45 am 2x OWC-6 Calem 1997 (my bid was very low and I had not expected to win both lots)

In 2017 we held a 1997 horizontal blind tasting with 30 1997 VPs and the Cálem was my surprising favorite, and was well liked by just about everyone. I hope those bottles are still doing just as well.

A new bottling of DR Port 2006 Colheita last night. Excellent but obviously young. For those who enjoy drinking refreshingly youthful wood-aged Port, this will be very appealing.

1 each of the following:
1974 Barros Colheita (bottled 2024)
1975 Andresen Colheita (bottled 2010)
1995 Dalva Colheita (bottled 2023)

I did see a few 1985 Dalva Colheitas out in the wild today for $85 each ((bottling looks very recent (2023 or 2024) although I didn't check the date)). I did not pick one up...at this time.

1 x 1975 Kopke Colheita (bottled 2024) for my annual tasting I'm doing with my college buddies in August. The first night will be different types of white Ports and the second night will be a mixture of VP, SQVP and Tawnies all beginning or ending in a "5" (which is a nod to 2025).

Mike J. W. wrote: ↑Wed May 07, 2025 6:40 am 1 x 1975 Kopke Colheita (bottled 2024) for my annual tasting I'm doing with my college buddies in August. The first night will be different types of white Ports and the second night will be a mixture of VP, SQVP and Tawnies all beginning or ending in a "5" (which is a nod to 2025).

Ah yes, the year 500 AD commemorative vintage to mark the start of the Middle Ages!

Just don't open any plague of Justinian vintages from 541...

Glenn E. wrote: ↑Wed May 07, 2025 10:05 am

Mike J. W. wrote: ↑Wed May 07, 2025 6:40 am 1 x 1975 Kopke Colheita (bottled 2024) for my annual tasting I'm doing with my college buddies in August. The first night will be different types of white Ports and the second night will be a mixture of VP, SQVP and Tawnies all beginning or ending in a "5" (which is a nod to 2025).

Ah yes, the year 500 AD commemorative vintage to mark the start of the Middle Ages!

Just don't open any plague of Justinian vintages from 541...

I saw that one on Winebid but it was just slightly out of my price range.

10 Year Warre Otima Tawny for the 10 Year Old Virtual Tasting

A.S. Demka wrote: ↑Fri May 02, 2025 8:45 am Won at two different auctions:
2x OWC-6 Calem 1997 (my bid was very low and I had not expected to win both lots)

1x Niepoort Colheita 1963, bottled in 1984
1x Quinta da Devesa very very old tawny anniversary edition 80 years, bottled in 2024
1x Quinta da Devesa very very old white anniversary edition 80 years, bottled in 2024

That Devesa 80YO white is one of the finest Ports I have ever tasted. Quite possibly the best White Port I’ve ever had.

I was sent a tasting sample of it a year or two ago, and was so impressed I bought a case (of six bottles) of it.

I tasted a small sample of the Graham 50YO last year when visiting Porto. I was blown away by how good it was.

So good that I finally caved and bought a bottle.