What Portuguese wine have you purchased this week...
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Re: What Douro wine have you purchased this week...
Forgot this one I just received in the mail. 2000 Chryseia
Anyone tried this lately?
Anyone tried this lately?
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Almost a year since I last tried it, a good wine but now having the same qualities as 2001,2003,2005 I've taste this year also.Andy Velebil wrote:Forgot this one I just received in the mail. 2000 Chryseia
Anyone tried this lately?
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What would those qualities be?Frederick Blais wrote:Almost a year since I last tried it, a good wine but now having the same qualities as 2001,2003,2005 I've taste this year also.Andy Velebil wrote:Forgot this one I just received in the mail. 2000 Chryseia
Anyone tried this lately?
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Balance, complexity, depth, lenght. The 2000 was tasting like a drying out wine. Still good, but simple, overripe fruit drying out, short and acidic on the finish. It reminded me a lot of those 95,96 rustic fruit bombs made in the Douro. I had bought my bottle at the Graham's lodge. Fortunately, recent vintage are way better!
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Thanks, Looks like I'll drink it sooner rather than later.Frederick Blais wrote:Balance, complexity, depth, lenght. The 2000 was tasting like a drying out wine. Still good, but simple, overripe fruit drying out, short and acidic on the finish. It reminded me a lot of those 95,96 rustic fruit bombs made in the Douro. I had bought my bottle at the Graham's lodge. Fortunately, recent vintage are way better!
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2007 Niepoort Fabelaktig Douro
I didn't know Niepoort made wine for the Norwegian market.
I didn't know Niepoort made wine for the Norwegian market.
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6 x Reserva Especial Ferreirinha 1986
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6 x 2007 Quinta do Crasto Reserva
3 x 2007 Quinta do Crasto Vinha da Ponte
3 x 2007 Quinta do Crasto Vinha da Ponte
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2007 Quinta do Vale Meao DOC
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Quinta de Macedos 2005,
Actually managed to get some Magnums as well, sadly will be many years before I will try them! The Quinta is owned by Paul Reynolds who has taken over a wonderful old vineyard and is living the dream many of us wish we could. If you get the chance to try this well worth it!
Actually managed to get some Magnums as well, sadly will be many years before I will try them! The Quinta is owned by Paul Reynolds who has taken over a wonderful old vineyard and is living the dream many of us wish we could. If you get the chance to try this well worth it!
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07 Vallado Touriga National
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another 8 bottles of 2007 Quinta do Crasto Old Vine Reserva....and after enjoying it last night I need to go get more.
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Yeah.... great wine for the money!Andy Velebil wrote:another 8 bottles of 2007 Quinta do Crasto Old Vine Reserva....and after enjoying it last night I need to go get more.
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12 x 750 of Quinta de la Rosa 2005 Reserva. I love this wine and believe it may even be better than the stunning 2004 version. Hard to come by though.
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A few bottles of Caves Santa Marta 2005 Reserva. Nothing too fancy but a nice quaffer.
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a 6-pack of 2004 Quinta do Crasto Vinha da Ponte
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Did you win that at TCWC?Andy Velebil wrote:a 6-pack of 2004 Quinta do Crasto Vinha da Ponte
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Yeap, at $60/bottle it was worth the punt. I put in the lowest bid I could so I guess no one else bid on them.David Spriggs wrote:Did you win that at TCWC?Andy Velebil wrote:a 6-pack of 2004 Quinta do Crasto Vinha da Ponte
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6 X Quinta de la Rosa Reserva + 18 x 2008 Oscar's Douro wine.
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We found a single bottle of 2007 Prazo de Roriz and opened it last night. I'd never heard of it before and wasn't even aware that Quinta de Roriz makes dry wines, but everyone else really like it and said it went really well with the boeuf bourguignon.
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