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Re: What have you opened this week?
Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2011 9:44 am
by Sandy Becker
Birthday dinner:
1951 Kopke Colheita
NV Ramos-Pinto 20 year old Tawny Qta do Bom Retiro
NV Porto Rocha Branco Lagrima
Re: What have you opened this week?
Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 1:19 pm
by hugo oliveira
Kopke colheita 1979 and kopke colheita 1994.
The 94 is superb for it's age, if they keep some in barrels for another 40 or 50 years i can't imagine how good it can turn up to be
Re: What have you opened this week?
Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 2:15 pm
by David T.
Quinta do Portal 1999 - very pleased with this bottle, and it only cost €16.49 at Continente (probably the largest Portuguese supermarket).
Re: What have you opened this week?
Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 12:39 am
by Roy Hersh
David T. I love the 1999 Portal. Great juice and one of the finest bargains in Vintage Port anywhere!
This week, I've opened a Quinta do Portal 20 year old Tawny and a 2007 Quinta do Vale Dona Maria LBV so far.
Re: What have you opened this week?
Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 12:26 pm
by David T.
Thanks for the tip Roy - I'll try to clear the Continente shelves of Portal 1999 - my kids, wife and parents in law can all give me a bottle for Christmas!
I passed by Vinologia this morning, and saw a display of Portal 2006 with a prominent quote from a certain Roy Hersh (or possibly a misquote, because it effectively said that the 2006 is the best Portal vintage since 2006, which probably isn't exactly what you said).
Oh, and I didn't open it, but I tried the Taylor's 2009 this morning at the Taylor's Lodge. I found great tannins, but the flavours weren't really revealing themselves to me. I also tried the Taylor's LBV 2005 for the first time, and I didn't find the slightly musty edge that I enjoyed so much in the 2004.
Re: What have you opened this week?
Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 1:04 pm
by Michael Hann
Opened another Graham's 2003 LBV. I liked this quite well. Some is left-over to finish tonight.
Re: What have you opened this week?
Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 11:05 am
by Marc J.
1965 Grahams VP
Re: What have you opened this week?
Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 12:37 pm
by Andy Velebil
Marc J. wrote:1965 Grahams VP
do you mean Malvedos?
Re: What have you opened this week?
Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 11:41 am
by Marc J.
Andy Velebil wrote:Marc J. wrote:1965 Grahams VP
do you mean Malvedos?
Yes I do.
Re: What have you opened this week?
Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 4:02 pm
by Al B.
The bottle of Tesco 1994 VP that I bought yesterday - I love the 1994s!
Re: What have you opened this week?
Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2011 3:08 pm
by Roy Hersh
Alex,
Who is the producer of that Tesco?
Re: What have you opened this week?
Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2011 3:31 pm
by Andy Velebil
Since not much family drinks Port and since I'll be doing some driving, I won't have more than one or two glasses of wine tomorrow. So I decanted a 1990 Quinta do Vesuvio VP for later tonight...which will have to wait a little longer tonight since a friend just called and needed an emergency ride to the airport this evening.
Re: What have you opened this week?
Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2011 4:57 pm
by Al B.
Roy Hersh wrote:Alex,
Who is the producer of that Tesco?
The label says "Symington Family Estates" but no clue as to which house. We did once see some Tesco 1995 from Quarles Harris, so it could be the same in 1994.
Re: What have you opened this week?
Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 8:28 am
by dom carter
Gould Campbell 1994 VP
Re: What have you opened this week?
Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 10:44 pm
by Glenn E.
Christmas dinner: 1970 Taylor Fladgate Vintage Port
Boxing day: Kopke 40 Year Old Tawny Port
Re: What have you opened this week?
Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 6:19 am
by Al B.
A half bottle of Croft 2004 LBV to keep me going for a couple of nights.
Re: What have you opened this week?
Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 7:29 am
by Andy Velebil
Graham's Six Grapes
Re: What have you opened this week?
Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 10:35 am
by Marc J.
1986 Niepoort Colheita
Re: What have you opened this week?
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 4:27 pm
by Andy Velebil
A magnum of 1977 Quarles Harris VP since I want to compare it to the recent 750ml bottle of this I had.
Re: What have you opened this week?
Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 12:22 pm
by Daniel R.
Dalva 20 yr White
Krohn 1978 Colheita