For The Love Of Port

Gonna start a topic for this too :)

It was a decent week for me on this side with the well sought after and hard to get Niepoort in this province. All I could get was:

12 Niepoort Sempar 2007
1 Niepoort Redoma Branco 2008
5 Niepoort Redoma Tinto 2006
2 Niepoort Charme 2007

Just purchased some Crasto 2007

2 cases Maria Teresa
2 cases Vinha da Ponte

Looking to buy some more of the Vinha da Ponte which I love!

Chris G wrote:Just purchased some Crasto 2007

2 cases Maria Teresa
2 cases Vinha da Ponte

Looking to buy some more of the Vinha da Ponte which I love!

How much are you paying for this?

Here in Quebec they are sold around 220-240$can, which I find way too much.

12 bottles of the 2007 Quinta do Crasto Old Vine Reserva

Hi Fred
According to wine search you can get both wines at £64.25 including all tax in the UK.

rgds

From a very serious collector of Crasto, with extraordinary holdings: (no it was not Andy or David)

a. 1 six pack of 2004 Vinha da Ponte

b. 6 bottles of 2006 Maria Teresa

c. 2 bottles 2002 Vinha Velha Reserva

d. 1 bottle 2003 Vinha Velha Reserva

e. 3 bottle 2004 375 ml Vinha Velha Reserva

f. 2 bottles 2001 Touriga Nacional

g. 3 bottles of 2003 Touriga Nacional

h. 1 bottles of 2004 Touriga Nacional

i. 2 bottles of 2005 Touriga Nacional

j. 4 bottles of 2006 Touriga Nacional


There goes my wine budget for the month!

I bought a bottle of 2004 Ramos Pinto Adriano for $12 at Cost Plus World Markets.

All single bottles and all should make their way to Muscat soon:

- Niepoort Redoma 2001
- Ferreirinha Reserva Especial 1997
- Poeira 2007
- CARM Branco Reserva 2008
- Alvaro Castro Quinta da Pellada 2007 (Dao)
- Niepoort & Muhr Pellenkirchen Grüner Veltliner 2008 (Carnuntum, Austria, made by Dirk Niepoort)

Ronald Wortel wrote: - Niepoort Redoma 2001

Instead of the 2001 I received the 2005. That was not what I was hoping for!!

QUinta do Cotto Grande Escolha 2001 TN to follow soon.

1- 2007 Quinta do Vallado Reserva
1- 2007 Quinta do Vallado Douro
6- 2006 Quinta do Crasto Touriga Nacional
8- 2007 Pombal do Vesuvio Douro (as the first case and a half I bought is already half gone and I needed to stock up on more )
2- 2007 Vale do Bomfim Douro

Frederick Blais wrote:QUinta do Cotto Grande Escolha 2001 TN to follow soon.

I still have one of those lying around, looking forward to the TN!

6 x 2001 Quinta do Vale D. Maria Douro
6 x 2007 Quinta do Vallado Reserva

We had the 2001 Q. D. Maria on the harvest tour last year and it was awesome!

David Spriggs wrote:6 x 2001 Quinta do Vale D. Maria Douro
6 x 2007 Quinta do Vallado Reserva

We had the 2001 Q. D. Maria on the harvest tour last year and it was awesome!

What he said...on all counts

Ronald Wortel wrote:

Frederick Blais wrote:QUinta do Cotto Grande Escolha 2001 TN to follow soon.

I still have one of those lying around, looking forward to the TN!

I forgot to write something on it. From memory, the nose was very good. Dark fruit, old wood, forest floor aromas, on the palate though fruit is very ripe but thin presence, acidity is strong and aromas are not persisting on this high acidity finish. Very rustic style as you would expect and I like it, but the palate was simply not delivering what the nose was. A bit of deception here.

Well during my little trip to London for the Malvedos tasting I felt like I won the lottery. Derek and I were wondering around the area of Berry Brother's Monday morning when we stumbled into a nice store that had a good wine selection. A low and behold they had a few bottles of the ultra rare 2004 Niepoort Robustus. I came home with a few more bottles than I anticipated

Very cool Andy. Do you remember the name of the store? It's always good to add some stores to the list for future visits...

Ronald Wortel wrote:Very cool Andy. Do you remember the name of the store? It's always good to add some stores to the list for future visits...

Fortnum and Mason. Their wine store employee is from Portugal, and in speaking to him, it appears he is trying to get more Portuguese wines into the store. They had a nice selection of Crasto, Niepoort, Vale Meao, and a few others. Not super cheap by some UK standards, but not too expensive a store either.

Andy Velebil wrote:

Ronald Wortel wrote:Very cool Andy. Do you remember the name of the store? It's always good to add some stores to the list for future visits...

Fortnum and Mason. Their wine store employee is from Portugal, and in speaking to him, it appears he is trying to get more Portuguese wines into the store. They had a nice selection of Crasto, Niepoort, Vale Meao, and a few others. Not super cheap by some UK standards, but not too expensive a store either.

A yes, I've been there. Good store indeed.

There are some bottles you don't mind the price too much :) Robustus is one of them. As I only have one bottle of 2004-2005, I'm not sure when I'll open them, at least I try to refrain from the temptation... I haven't tasted 2005 yet from bottle.

This week was quiet,

2 Qta Portal Branco 2008
2 Qta Portal Reserva 2007