For The Love Of Port

1968 Kopke Colheita

1968 Quevedo Colheita

This was the 2nd time in the past three years where I opened these two side-by-side. Very interesting and delicious, both.

Graham's Six Grapes
Noval Black
Taylor First Estate
Cockburn Special Reserve
Fonseca bin 27
Warre's Warrior

All opened for the Great Reserve Ruby Taste Off of 2012, Sacramento edition. (Actually, they're not open yet - that'll happen in about two hours).

Quinta do Portal 20 year Tawny

To be opened for dessert after the ruby tasting is done. Not as nice as the 40 year that Glenn E opened at the Sammamish event last week, but good enough to be a teaser for our next event, which I think will be a 20 year tawny horizontal.

One each of Roy's Top 12 for tonight's tasting:

G66, F70, T77, D80, Ck83, F85, Cr91, T92, V94, Nv97, Ni00, and Pt03.

On saturdat the 31st, one bottle of Barros Colheita 1968.

That's curious Roy, we're many thousands ok km away, and on the same day opening and drinking old colheitas from the same year. I Would've liked to have those two bottles to taste also lol.

My Colheita was very nice indeed, only needed some minutes "breathing" to be the highpoint of a birthday dinner!

1981 Warre's LBV (Traditional)

For the reserve ruby taste-off, Broadbent Auction Reserve, Fonseca Bin 27, Graham's Six Grapes, and Noval Black.

Later this week the Ft. Collins Wine-Pizza group is meeting and I'm planning on supplying a Taylor vertical of 1970, 1994, 2007, and possibly 2005 Taylor QdV. I was considering 1992 instead of 1994, but ...

Yet another half bottle of the Croft 2004 LBV bottled in 2009 that Tesco sold for the ridiculous price of £3.50 per half.

Quevedo's Tawny Reserve.

1986 Delaforce Colheita

Warre 2001 traditional LBV - really, really impressive. Needs another 10-20 years - I must buy some and tuck them away for a decade; such a shame that the Symingtons don't do late release LBVs with even more bottle age. Imagine 2001 Traditional LBV released in 2022...

Croft 2004 Unfiltered LBV and Dow's Crusted (bottled 2003) - both very good.

77 Warres VP.

1994 Quinta do Vesuvio VP

1980 Grahams

1997 Krohn Colheita (bottled in 2011). This has the new style label. I miss the old stenciled label and wish thay hadn't change dit... but life moves on.

Churchill 1991 - I've not been too impressed by this the last couple of times I've tried it so a revisit is in order.

I kept going through the cellar looking for something to drink. First the wood-aged Ports, 30 and 40 year olds. Next the LBV's and VP's and finally, some Colheitas. This would be my last bottle before heading to Portugal. Somehow I wound up with a Verdelho Madeira. Not sure how that happened and I have only nosed it so far. I went in to grab a Port. I only have one of these bottles, and figured what the heck. I'll be drinking Port soon enough.

Eastern means that the whole family were at home so I took 2 bottles which we have not had before. Elviro Garcia Vintage 1896 and Sandeman Vintage 1972. It was interesting to read on the Sandeman Label. In portugese was siad: 'This bottle isa not allowed to sell'.

Sten

stenanders ivarsson wrote:Eastern means that the whole family were at home so I took 2 bottles which we have not had before. Elviro Garcia Vintage 1896 and Sandeman Vintage 1972. It was interesting to read on the Sandeman Label. In portugese was siad: 'This bottle isa not allowed to sell'.

Sten

First let me welcome you . Can't say I've seen or heard of the 1896 before, interesting for sure. I'd recommend you post your tasting notes here, as we have a special section for tasting notes. I've also sent you an email as well.

stenanders ivarsson wrote:Elviro Garcia Vintage 1896

This one sounds familiar. I'd have to check my notes but I think I had this at the Old & Odd tasting in NYC a few years ago. If it is the same as the bottle I am thinking of, it was very good!

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