For The Love Of Port

John M. wrote:Friday Night:
1991 Warres 375....really nice
1995 Quinta do Vale da Mina (totally flawed)
2009 Pocas LBV....lush and peppery

Saturday Night:
rest of Pocas then
Another 1991 Warres....very good

What happened to the Mina?

Andy Velebil wrote:

John M. wrote:Friday Night:
1991 Warres 375....really nice
1995 Quinta do Vale da Mina (totally flawed)
2009 Pocas LBV....lush and peppery

Saturday Night:
rest of Pocas then
Another 1991 Warres....very good

What happened to the Mina?

Seemed cooked. Cloudy. Cork was just fine--longer than most and tight--bottle looked beautiful. I suspect is was exposed to heat/bad storage.

John M. wrote:

Andy Velebil wrote:

John M. wrote:Friday Night:
1991 Warres 375....really nice
1995 Quinta do Vale da Mina (totally flawed)
2009 Pocas LBV....lush and peppery

Saturday Night:
rest of Pocas then
Another 1991 Warres....very good

What happened to the Mina?

Seemed cooked. Cloudy. Cork was just fine--longer than most and tight--bottle looked beautiful. I suspect is was exposed to heat/bad storage.

Bummer was hoping to having your impression of this rarely seen Port. I love seeing notes on things one doesn't see or hear about much.


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Kopke 1984 Colheita.

Quevedo Special Reserve Tawny
i first had this last winter and we wrote a TN that i never posted. i reviewed it with a glass today and posted it!

John M. wrote:

Andy Velebil wrote:

Scheiny S wrote:Quevedo's Crusted. i didn't know they make one.

I think some of us Port geeks convinced them to make one

I'm 20 minutes away from PA---got to get a couple of these!

i'm on the other side, in Pittsburgh. but i was shocked to find it because we have almost no selection out here. i've talked to the wine specialists in two different stores [Andrew in East Liberty and the Robinson Specialty store and Jeff in the Oxford Center specialty store Downtown, if that matters to anyone], they both say they always order stuff, it just doesn't come in. i ran into Jeff Downtown today who told me that it sells out here which i didn't realise, whereas it doesn't sell out East so Philly, Lancaster, even the middle of the state like Harrisburg are sitting on cases and cases of a variety in their stores. i'm sure they have it out there. check the Wine and Spirits website [such as it is *shudder*] to see where it is. if it somehow happens to all be out here, have them transfer it. bust specifically ask for UPS, the specialist today told me it costs a couple bucks but it'll get there within a week while the stores' own transfer system takes about a month. i didn't even know UPS is an option! it ships to the store, not your house, but it's the only way to pre-pay. that way if you can't get there for a week or two they won't put it out on the shelf [they hold transfers for about a week].

I brought a 1985 Churchill to my local tasting group. Not that many there are in to port.
But it got several great reviews by guys with good palates.
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Welcome back Cliburn!

It seems like it has been many years. One of the originals has returned to our flock.

Glenn is also a fan of the 1985 Churchill's as we were talking about this fairly recently.

I hope you will come back to post here on occasion. Thanks for stopping by.

Croft Reserve Tawny.

a friend picked it out. it was my first time trying anything by Croft.

1987 Porto Souza
1995 Porto Souza
1997 Porto Souza
1976 Krohn Colheita
NV S. Leonardo "60" Very Old White Port
1968 Krohn Colheita

All for the Sammamish Port Club.

TNs will hopefully be posted tomorrow.

Winemakers Dinner with DR in a co-op with Aarhus Port Wine Club.

I posted a little run down of the night here:

DR White Port
DR 2011 LBV
DR 10 Year Old Tawny Port
DR 2005 Colheita Port (World Premier)
DR 20 Year Old Tawny Port
DR 30 Year Old Tawny Port
DR 40 Year Old Tawny Port

On 30 January, for a pair of recently-retired colleagues visiting Europe with their spouses:

Ramos Pinto 1980 VP
Calem 1952 Colheita
Quinta do Loureiro 1871

Will W. wrote:On 30 January, for a pair of recently-retired colleagues visiting Europe with their spouses:

Ramos Pinto 1980 VP
Calem 1952 Colheita
Quinta do Loureiro 1871

Nice line up!

On Saturday The High Bridge Port Club will meet...here is the lineup:

Flight One:
1995 Smith Woodhouse Madelena VP
1996 Taylor Fladgate Quinta de Vargellas VP
1996 Sao Pedro Das Aguias VP (Not a note here about this brand other that some older TWAIOA and certainly no VPs)
2000 Sao Pedro Das Aguias VP

Flight Two:
2007 Quinta do Noval Single Quinta LBV
2011 Quinta do Crasto LBV
2011 Taylor Fladgate LBV

The Sao Pedro Das Aguias bottles I am excited to try since these appear obscure. The other two VPs I've had before and should be fine. At to the LBVs the Crasto is excellent, the other two I have not had in these vintages.

John M. wrote:1996 Sao Pedro Das Aguias VP (Not a note here about this brand other that some older TWAIOA and certainly no VPs)
2000 Sao Pedro Das Aguias VP

Apparently I didn't take notes on these, but I purchased a few last year and commented in the forum somewhere. I bought one and thought it well worth the $20-30 I paid for it, so I bought some more. I still have two of the 1996 and one of the 2000, so I look forward to your impressions.

Eric Menchen wrote:

John M. wrote:1996 Sao Pedro Das Aguias VP (Not a note here about this brand other that some older TWAIOA and certainly no VPs)
2000 Sao Pedro Das Aguias VP

Apparently I didn't take notes on these, but I purchased a few last year and commented in the forum somewhere. I bought one and thought it well worth the $20-30 I paid for it, so I bought some more. I still have two of the 1996 and one of the 2000, so I look forward to your impressions.

I'm all in for $60 for the pair.....Thanks for the heads up, now even more optimistic.

1974 Kopke Colheita
A 375ml shared with David Spriggs at Vail with our wives.

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Kopke 10 Year Old White Port.

1986 Quinta do Panascal VP

After removing the aluminium capsule it became clear the bottle had suffered from some leaking. The capsule had kept the leaking all underneath, the rest of the selo was still clear white. I'll post a little pic of it.

At first, I was worried that the bottle would be affected, but after some time in the decanter it turned out all ok

Krohn 30 year old.

1987 Souza VP


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