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2015 Vintage Declarations

Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2017 3:26 pm
by Thomas V
It is March tomorrow and we know what that means? It is declaration time of year and I though it would be awesome if we did some grunt work this year to establish a list containing the houses that have declared a 2015 vintage port and also when the time comes where you can buy these lovely bottle en primeur so we can compare prices etc.

To kick things off I saw today on a large Danish Port Facebook group that a supermarket were offering cases with 6 bottles of 2015 vintage port from Quinta do Boeira at 22,5 USD per bottle. He also mentioned that they will only release 7000 bottles. So I take that as they have declared. A rather smart move for such a small and no VP know producer to enter the market first and let they thirsty horde spend their money early instead of waiting patiently for the larger houses to join in.

Also there is a large port faire on Saturday and the importer of Quinta do Javali has stated that we will be able to taste their 2015 vintage at the venue.

Please add in when news break of declarations from other houses.

Houses that have declared a 2015 Vintage Port
  • Adriano Ramos Pinto - 7.000 - 8.000 bottles
    Alves de Sousa
    Amarela, Quinta da Casa
    Arnozelo, Burmester
    Barão de Vilar
    Boeira, Quinta do - 7000 bottles released
    Bomfim, Dow's Quinta do - later release
    Calém
    Cruz
    Cockburn, Bicentenary (1815 - 2015) - 42.000 bottles, 660 magnums, 99 double magnums, 50 imperials
    Dalva
    Duorum
    Gaivosa, Quinda da
    Grifo, Quinta do
    Gricha, Churchill's Quinta da
    Guimaraens, Fonseca
    Infantado, Quinta do
    Javali, Quinta do
    Malvedos, Graham's Quinta dos - later release
    Marrocas, Quinta da
    Niepoort
    Niepoort Bioma Vinha Velha
    Nova, Quinta
    Noval, Quinta do
    Palmer
    Passadouro, Quinta do
    Pégo, Quinta do
    Pintas
    Poças Junior
    Porto, Ferreira's Quinta do
    Roêda, Croft Quinta da
    Rosa, Quinta de la
    Rozès
    Romaneira, Quinta da
    S. Leonardo
    Santa Eufemia, Quinta
    São Luiz, Kopke, Quinta - 3000 bottles
    Savedra, Quinta de Tedo
    Seara d'Ordens
    Seixo, Sandeman Quinta do
    Senhora da Ribeira, Dow's Quinta da
    Stone Terrace, Graham's
    Tedo, Quinta de
    Vale Maria, Quinta de
    Vale Meão, Quinta do
    Vallado
    Van Zellers
    Vargellas, Taylor's Quinta de
    Vasques de Carvalho
    Ventozelo, Quinta do
    Vesuvio, Quinta do
    Vieira de Sousa

Re: 2015 Vintage Declarations

Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2017 12:20 pm
by Thomas V
Updated with Vasques de Carvalho. Got confirmation from the Danish importer today.

Also there will be a cask sample of the 2015 Javali at the Roskilde faire on Saturday [beg.gif]

Re: 2015 Vintage Declarations

Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2017 1:40 pm
by Thomas V
Also got information that these 2 houses have declared as well. The VDS will also be present with a cask sample at the Danish port faire I mentioned earlier.

Poças Junior
Vieira de Sousa

Re: 2015 Vintage Declarations

Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2017 12:29 am
by Roy Hersh
Dirk Niepoort will be declaring his regular bottling and Bioma is a definite too.

Re: 2015 Vintage Declarations

Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2017 1:46 am
by Thomas V
Roy Hersh wrote:Dirk Niepoort will be declaring his regular bottling and Bioma is a definite too.
Very cool Roy. This is a good indicator that 2015 will be a general declaration. When was the last time Nipoort declared and all the other large VP houses did not?

I have added them to the list.

Re: 2015 Vintage Declarations

Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2017 1:54 am
by Roy Hersh
Quite a few times actually. Go check out the other thread on 2015 vs. 2016.

Re: 2015 Vintage Declarations

Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2017 9:01 am
by Luc Gauthier
From a québécois point of view , we won't see 2015 or2016 before 2020 :( Is it too early to tell how the price VP will be affected if only one major player declares 2015

Re: 2015 Vintage Declarations

Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2017 3:12 pm
by Thomas V
It is currently possible to buy 3 bottles of the VdS 2015 VP for 100 USD en primeur in Denmark [kez_11.gif]

Re: 2015 Vintage Declarations

Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2017 12:29 pm
by Andy Velebil
You can add Cockburn's, based on their Facebook post today. One can assume for their Bicentenary celebration.

I have not heard about any other SFT brands as of yet.

Re: 2015 Vintage Declarations

Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2017 12:48 pm
by Thomas V
Andy Velebil wrote:You can add Cockburn's, based on their Facebook post today. One can assume for their Bicentenary celebration.
You beat me to it Andy. I'll add them.

Here is the link to Cockburn's statement regarding their 2015 Bicentenary VP.
https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2017/ ... tage-port/

Re: 2015 Vintage Declarations

Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2017 12:55 pm
by Thomas V
Andy Velebil wrote:I have not heard about any other SFT brands as of yet.
I am sure that Quinta do Vesuvio will be declared, but for the remainder of the brands we will have to wait.

Is 42.000 bottles really the result of a low yield year as they write in their statement? How many did they produce under Symington in 2011?

Re: 2015 Vintage Declarations

Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2017 1:00 pm
by Andy Velebil
Thomas V wrote:
Andy Velebil wrote:I have not heard about any other SFT brands as of yet.
I am sure that Quinta do Vesuvio will be declared, but for the remainder of the brands we will have to wait.

Is 42.000 bottles really the result of a low yield year as they write in their statement? How many did they produce under Symington in 2011?
Per their website,
[2011] Production: 3,000 cases – 12/75cl
So 36,000 bottles. Or 500 cases more this vintage than compared to 2011.

https://www.thevintageportsite.com/spec ... ckburn%27s

Re: 2015 Vintage Declarations

Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2017 1:05 pm
by Thomas V
Andy Velebil wrote:
Thomas V wrote:
Andy Velebil wrote:I have not heard about any other SFT brands as of yet.
I am sure that Quinta do Vesuvio will be declared, but for the remainder of the brands we will have to wait.

Is 42.000 bottles really the result of a low yield year as they write in their statement? How many did they produce under Symington in 2011?
Per their website,
[2011] Production: 3,000 cases – 12/75cl
So 36,000 bottles. Or 500 cases more this vintage than compared to 2011.

https://www.thevintageportsite.com/spec ... ckburn%27s
On the picture here it says 42.000 regular bottles or 3500 x 12 = 42.000

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Re: 2015 Vintage Declarations

Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2017 5:28 pm
by Roy Hersh
Dirk and I had a chat last night. He believe his 2015 Niepoort and Bioma are even better than his 2011. FWIW!

Re: 2015 Vintage Declarations

Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2017 12:54 pm
by Andy Velebil
Roy Hersh wrote:Dirk and I had a chat last night. He believe his 2015 Niepoort and Bioma are even better than his 2011. FWIW!
Why does that not surprise me :lol:

Re: 2015 Vintage Declarations

Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2017 3:57 am
by Jasper A.
I heard Quinta do Crasto will be declaring.

Re: 2015 Vintage Declarations

Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2017 7:11 pm
by Mark Henderson
I was reading the Decanter.com article about the Cockburns declaration just before and the writer had noted 3,500 cases (6 x 750ml), which is at odds with the photo above. Perhaps they assumed six bottle cases rather than twelve bottle cases?

Re: 2015 Vintage Declarations

Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2017 8:19 pm
by Andy Velebil
Mark Henderson wrote:I was reading the Decanter.com article about the Cockburns declaration just before and the writer had noted 3,500 cases (6 x 750ml), which is at odds with the photo above. Perhaps they assumed six bottle cases rather than twelve bottle cases?
Possible. A lot of Port companies have switched to 6-pack cases instead of the old 12 for VP's.

Re: 2015 Vintage Declarations

Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2017 10:52 am
by Jasper A.
Mark Henderson wrote:I was reading the Decanter.com article about the Cockburns declaration just before and the writer had noted 3,500 cases (6 x 750ml), which is at odds with the photo above. Perhaps they assumed six bottle cases rather than twelve bottle cases?
If i calculate 3500*12 i come to 42.000 bottles. As shown in the picture.
As far as i know, when the port companies talk about cases (number wise), they mean 12 bottles even though they ship in 6.

Re: 2015 Vintage Declarations

Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2017 7:41 am
by Tom Archer
Interesting..

A bicentenary VP for Cockburn but no word about any of the other SFE houses. It reminds me of 2009 when they did a special bicentenary Warre to recognise a notable military achievement in 1809, but did not declare any others (despite having some superb Graham juice that got bottled as Malvedos..) I'm guessing that April 23rd will see a bicentenary Fonseca declared - but will the other TFP brands declare? - the lack of build up and 'buzz' over a declaration has made a split or twin declaration look increasingly likely..

I'm expecting a Quevedo declaration for 2015 but will be unsurprised if Oscar elects to declare both 2015 & 2016. There will be a very small number of 900cL Salmanazars available - I'm having one..