Don't shoot the messenger ... Vintage Port offer

[Roy Hersh]

From my mailbox this morning:

Aabalat Fine & Rare Wine

Port is a sweet, fortified wine from the Duoro Valley area of Portugal. Unlike typical dry wines, Ports add a neutral grape spirit known as aguardente to fortify it. Most commonly enjoyed as a dessert wine because it is rich and sweet, Port comes in several styles (see list below). We offer many of them and in all price ranges. A few highlights are listed below, but check our website for our full list of available Ports.

Ports are the perfect post-dinner drink, something to sip while everyone is still sitting around chatting and passing around dessert nibbles. I am a huge Port fan, because I particularly love sweet wines. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.

Here are some helpful definitions for those of you new to Ports:
Tawny Port - made from red grapes and aged in wooden barrels, exposing it to gradual oxidation and evaporation, resulting in a golden-brown color and "nutty" flavors.
Ruby Port - after fermentation the wine is stored in tanks made of concrete or stainless steel to prevent oxidative aging and preserve its rich claret color.
Vintage Port - a premium ruby port made entirely from the grapes of a declared vintage year; not every year is declared a vintage year and the decision, made in the spring of the second year following the harvest, is made by each individual port house, often referred to as a "shipper".
Colheita - a tawny port from a single vintage year; unlike vintage Port that is typically bottled about 18 months after being harvested, Colheita may have spent 20 or more years in wooden barrels before being bottled and sold.
Garrafeira - an unusual and rare intermediate vintage dated style of port made from the grapes of a single harvest that combines the oxidative maturation of years in wood with further reductive maturation in large glass demijohns.
Crusted Port - a blend of port wine from several vintages and bottled unfiltered (hence it needs to be decanted), crusted ports will improve with age, but are quite approachable at a younger age than vintage ports.
Cheers,
Bob

Featured Selections
1966 Croft Vintage Port 750 ml - 5 avail at $215 - 90 pts
1963 Graham Vintage Port 750 ml - 1 avail at $499 - 97 pts
1977 Graham Vintage Port 750 ml - 2 avail at $159.99 - 93 pts
1997 Graham Vintage Port 750 ml - 2 avail at $65 - 93 pts
1963 Morgans Vintage Port 750ml - 1 avail at $235
1969 Taylor Fladgate Very Old Single Harvest Port 750 ml - 41 at $249.99 - 92 pts
1994 Warre Vintage Port 750 ml - 6 avail at $74 - 95 pts
2011 Warre Vintage Port 1.5 L - SOS - 4 at $129.99 - 95 pts

1985 Blandy's Madeira Malmsey 750 ml - 1 avail at $394.89
1887 Blandy's Madeira Verdelho 750 ml - 1 avail at $2038.89

Cockburn
1970 Cockburn's Port 750 ml - 5 avail at $140.50 - 87 pts
1983 Cockburn's Port 750 ml - 5 avail at $144.89 - 97 pts
2016 Cockburn's Port 750 ml - 5 avail at $88.89

Croft
2009 Croft Vintage Port 750 ml - 7 avail at $74.89 - 94 pts
2016 Croft Vintage Port 750 ml - 18 avail at $102.50
1975 Croft Vintage Port 1.5 L - 12 avail at $211.50
1985 Croft Vintage Port 750 ml - 3 avail at $102.50 - 87 pts

Dow
2016 Dow Vintage Port 750 ml - 21 avail at $114.50
2016 Dow Vintage Port 375 ml - 26 avail at $56.89
1963 Dow Vintage Port 750 ml - 25 avail at $328.50 - 94 pts
1963 Dow Vintage Port 1.5 L - 9 avail at $820.89 - 94 pts
1966 Dow Vintage Port 750 ml - 15 avail at $299.89 - 94 pts
1970 Dow Vintage Port 750 ml - 6 avail at $213.89 - 94 pts
1977 Dow Vintage Port 750 ml - 22 avail at $188.89 - 94 pts
1985 Dow Vintage Port 750 ml - 85 avail at $106.89 - 89 pts

Fonseca
2000 Fonseca Vintage Port 750 ml - 30 avail at $98.50 - 95 pts
2003 Fonseca Vintage Port 750 ml - 3 avail at $98.50 - 97 pts
2016 Fonseca Vintage Port 750 ml - 48 avail at $99.89
2016 Fonseca Vintage Port 375 ml - 48 avail at $52.89
1963 Fonseca Vintage Port 750 ml - 11 avail at $631.75 - 98 pts
1970 Fonseca Vintage Port 750 ml - 24 avail at $375.89 - 96 pts
1977 Fonseca Vintage Port 750 ml - 8 avail at $312.55 - 100 pts
1985 Fonseca Vintage Port 750 ml - 11 avail at $107.89 - 95 pts

Gould Campbell
1975 Gould Campbell Vintage Port 750 ml - 48 avail at $92.50
1977 Gould Campbell Vintage Port 1.5 L - 8 avail at $299.50 - 84 pts

Graham
2000 Graham Vintage Port 750 ml - 11 avail at $102.50 - 98 pts
2011 Graham Vintage Port 750 ml - 33 avail at $100.89 - 97 pts
2011 Graham Vintage Port 3 L - 2 avail at $519.89
2016 Graham Vintage Port 750 ml - 37 avail at $106.89
2016 Graham Vintage Port 375 ml - 38 avail at $64.50
1966 Graham Vintage Port 750 ml - 15 avail at $424.50 - 93 pts
1970 Graham Vintage Port 750 ml - 43 avail at $318.75 - 94 pts
1983 Graham Vintage Port 750 ml - 6 avail at $124.75 - 93 pts
1985 Graham Vintage Port 750 ml - 4 avail at $123.50 - 96 pts

Krohn
1961 Krohn Port 750 ml - 12 avail at $337.50
1965 Krohn Port 750 ml - 7 avail at $224.50
1967 Krohn Port 750 ml - 11 avail at $311.50

Martinez
1982 Martinez Vintage Port 750 ml - 9 avail at $104.50

Morgans
1985 Morgans Vintage Port 750ml - 19 avail at $74.50
1994 Morgans Vintage Port 750ml - 2 avail at $91.50

Niepoort
1994 Niepoort Vintage Port 750 ml - 6 avail at $142.50

Offley
2011 Offley Vintage Port Boa Vista 750 ml - 1 avail at $86.50 - 90 pts
1970 Offley Vintage Port Boa Vista 750 ml - 12 avail at $128.50
1983 Offley Vintage Port Boa Vista 750 ml - 41 avail at $86.50 - 91 pts
1994 Offley Vintage Port Boa Vista 750 ml - 33 avail at $78.50 - 89 pts

Quinta do Noval
1982 Quinta do Noval Vintage Port 750 ml - 9 avail at $103.50 - 87 pts
1991 Quinta do Noval Vintage Port 750 ml - 4 avail at $86.50 - 89 pts

Sandeman
1985 Sandeman Vintage Port 750 ml - 8 avail at $92.50

Taylor
2003 Taylor Fladgate Vintage Port 750 ml - 16 avail at $106.89 - 98 pts
2007 Taylor Fladgate Vintage Port 750 ml - 10 avail at $98.50 - 95 pts
2011 Taylor Fladgate Vintage Port 750 ml - 12 avail at $111.50 - 96 pts
2016 Taylor Fladgate Vintage Port 750 ml - 31 avail at $99.89 - 97 pts
2016 Taylor Fladgate Vintage Port 3 L - 5 avail at $601.89 - 97 pts
2016 Taylor Fladgate Vintage Port 1.5 L - 17 avail at $198.89 - 97 pts
1963 Taylor Fladgate Vintage Port 750 ml - 12 avail at $501.55 - 97 pts
1970 Taylor Fladgate Vintage Port 750 ml - 22 avail at $299.50 - 98 pts
1975 Taylor Fladgate Vintage Port 1.5 L - 18 avail at $324.50
1977 Taylor Fladgate Vintage Port 750 ml - 4 avail at $318.89 - 98 pts
1985 Taylor Fladgate Vintage Port 375 ml - 42 avail at $79.50 - 90 pts
1997 Taylor Fladgate Vintage Port 375 ml - 46 avail at $92.50

Warre
1963 Warre Vintage Port 750 ml - 48 avail at $394.75 - 92 pts
1963 Warre Vintage Port 1.5 L - 3 avail at $676.89 - 92 pts
1966 Warre Vintage Port 750 ml - 11 avail at $337.50 - 91 pts
1970 Warre Vintage Port 750 ml - 35 avail at $215.50 - 88 pts
1977 Warre Vintage Port 750 ml - 10 avail at $165.00 - 92 pts
1977 Warre Vintage Port 1.5 L - 18 avail at $291.89 - 92 pts
1983 Warre Vintage Port 750 ml - 12 avail at $98.50 - 90 pts
1985 Warre Vintage Port 750 ml - 36 avail at $109.89 - 91 pts


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Aabalat Fine and Rare Wines
1360 Industrial Avenue, Suite A4
Petaluma, CA 94952
Telephone: (707) 781-0619

[Scott Esterly]

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[Glenn E.]

Gould Campbell
1977 Gould Campbell Vintage Port 1.5 L - 8 avail at $299.50 - 84 pts

This has to be a typo... it should probably be 94 points, especially from magnum!

To think that I snagged 7 of these for $120 each two years ago, and another one for $240 this summer...

[Roy Hersh]

I remember the regular bottling being sold at $29 for about four years from 1992-1996 when I first started buying them by 6 packs. I've opened a couple in magnum and still have a few left. Last one's I bought were out of Vancouver Canada about 2016 and the price was still very moderate, but that was a steal my friend Blair arranged. Given the 30% CA:USD exchange rate at the time, this was a ridiculous bargain overall.

[Moses Botbol]

Gould Campbell
1977 Gould Campbell Vintage Port 1.5 L - 8 avail at $299.50 - 84 pts

This has to be a typo... it should probably be 94 points, especially from magnum!

To think that I snagged 7 of these for $120 each two years ago, and another one for $240 this summer...

I bought one a year ago, 1.5 GC '77 for around $100.