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Colheita ownership
Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 10:46 am
by Roy Hersh
What is/are the oldest bottles of Colheita you own. Please mention both vintage and producer of your great ones.
Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 1:25 pm
by Steven Kooij
In the cellar: a Wiese & Krohn 1900 (1972 bottling) - it will be drunk soon.
Ordered, but not yet received: Qta. d. Loureiro 1871 (unknown bottling date) - the first bottle was amazing; I'd like to keep this one for another couple of years.
Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 2:21 pm
by Derek T.
My oldest is a Niepoort 1957 - I'm sure Roy will agree this was a great year
Derek
Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 10:45 pm
by Jay Powers
My oldest is a Nieeport 1994 (as yet untasted). Clearly I'll have to try some older ones soon. The Krohn's are readily available near me back to 1958, for (I think) reasonable prices. But except for the single Niepoort, I have not seen another Niepoort or any Kopke for sale.
Jay
Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 12:53 am
by Nikolaj Winther
Burmester 1987 - bottled in 2003. This one was a bargain (IIRC ablut 10-12$/bot.) and I find it terrific. I'd like to try some older ones, but I don't have the finances...yet.
Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 8:14 am
by John Conwell
The oldest one I have is a 1963 Kopke.
Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 11:36 pm
by Mike Kerr
I only have two, neither of them tasted yet.
1977 Barbosa Colheita
1994 Offley Colheita
Mike.
Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 11:48 pm
by Frederick Blais
Right now I'm a bit low on Colheita, I have only a few from Niepoort and Noval and the oldest one is a 79 from Niepoort bottled in 2000.
Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 12:40 pm
by simon Lisle
My oldest is a Burmester 1900 I don't tend to keep colhietas,I buy and then drink them
usually single bottle purchases rather than cases.
Nikolaj is right about the Burmester colhietas cheap and in my humble opinion stands shoulders and neck above your supermarket lbv's.
It's a pity their hard to find in the UK.I have to import mine from Europe.
I believe Amorins have sold the brand of Burmester to the spanish recently but they still own the farms and now go under the name of Quinta de Nossa Senhora do Carmo.
Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 8:41 pm
by Andy Velebil
I don't have many but I have one 1974 Quinta Do Noval left and then a 1978 Krohn.
Colheitas
Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 8:40 am
by Kurt Wieneke
I have previously drunk the 1977 Kopke, 1963 Calem Quinta da Foz, and 1983 Niepoort, and 1988 Rocha. I'm currently sitting on 1963 Offley Baron de Forrester and 1985 Offley Baron de Forrester. A sad state of affairs really. . . I need to buy more colheitas!
Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 9:06 am
by Otto Nieminen
I love Colheitas and have a special love for the all too few Niepoorts I've tasted. But I unfortunately own zero. I've been tempted to buy the Noval 1986 we have here, but it's been in a few tastings and hasn't really impressed me. But the competition has been tough so I should try it on its own.
Jay Powers wrote:My oldest is a Nieeport 1994 (as yet untasted).
Yum! I had this last winter. It was quite impressive, though the older Colheitas 86 and especially the 79 were arguably more interesting.
Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 9:42 pm
by Eric Ifune
60 Niepoort