For The Love Of Port

I recently purchased a bottle of the 64 Krohn White "Branco" Colheita for $79.99 (online). I'm just wondering whether I got a good deal on it. I've never seen it in a store before, but that seems like a pretty reasonable price for an uncommon 46 yr old wine to me.

I see that the TNs here on FTLOP are very favorable on this wine so I'm really looking forward to trying it - just wondering if I didn't make a mistake by not ordering two? Any thoughts?

Cheers

Cellartracker seems to be down at the moment, but my recollection is that $80 is a great price for that Port. I bought a 6-pack a while back (1964 is my birth year) and I think I paid right about that or possibly a little more.

I like it - seems like a good Port, and it provides a nice contrast to all of the Rubies and Tawnies that are out there. It's not as good as the '52 Dalva Golden White, but then what is?

You probably have time to wait for your bottle to arrive and try it before you pull the trigger on additional bottles. K&L is a good store.

Yes that is a good deal, as that is about the lowest price it sells for. A very nice bottle, as you've already read some notes on it. I hope you enjoy it...but do decant it for about 10-12 hours. Having had numerous bottles of this I've found it shows its best after an extended decanting.

Glenn:

Thanks for the feedback, and I'm glad to hear that you find K&L to be trustworthy as this is the first time I've ordered from them.

Andy:

Thanks for the decanting advice. I'll be sure to give this its due time when I do drink it.

I have also had this wine, a generous gift from Andy V, and can confirm that it is excellent. I tasted it at an off-line in London 18 months ago where it accompanied a Ferreira 1830, two spectacular Unknown Shipper 1890s, a Croft 1927 and a Massandra 1936 and it was certainly not disgraced in that company

This is a very nice wine and if you give it sufficient air time (as Andy mentioned) it really opens up. The price certainly seemed reasonable and K&L is a very solid wine shop. Enjoy!

Marc

Derek T. wrote:I have also had this wine, a generous gift from Andy V, and can confirm that it is excellent. I tasted it at an off-line in London 18 months ago where it accompanied a Ferreira 1830, two spectacular Unknown Shipper 1890s, a Croft 1927 and a Massandra 1936 and it was certainly not disgraced in that company

Hmmm, if it held up in that company then it sounds like I've got a delicious bottle of port to look forward to!

Good deal !

The last bottles that we had opened and sold were bottled in 2007, you must see the year when it was bottled, that for a "colheita" and aged tawnies it´s very important.

Like Glenn, I have the same opinion, the Golden White 1952 it is better, but the relationship quality/price (80 dollars) for the bottle that you bought is very nice

I had it on Friday night and after all the fine reviews from FTLOPers and hype in this thread, will report that for me it was a let down and especially compared to the 1966 that it was served alongside of. Clearly something was not right compared to what I've read. It was decanted 12 hours, so that wasn't it. I'd love to hear other's opinions on this as there were several of the gang around.

Roy Hersh wrote:I had it on Friday night and after all the fine reviews from FTLOPers and hype in this thread, will report that for me it was a let down and especially compared to the 1966 that it was served alongside of. Clearly something was not right compared to what I've read. It was decanted 12 hours, so that wasn't it. I'd love to hear other's opinions on this as there were several of the gang around.

Yes, it was not a particularly good showing of this. Not sure why..the food paired with, previous Ports before it, don't know. I'll have to open another for us one day to see if it shows the way it should.

Hmmm... I certainly hope the bottle I purchased does a better job of living up to the hype. I guess we'll see what happens when I open it next month...

I tasted this with Goncalo (although right after the '52 Dalva, which is hard to beat) and it was very good! $80 sounds quite reasonable for a wine of this quality - I would certainly snap one up at that price

Thankfully, the bottle I purchased showed really well when I opened it this past weekend, absolutely delicious. I posted my notes in the TN forum.